Twenty-four people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A Rohingya yaba trader was killed in a “gunfight” with Border Guard Bangladesh in Naikhyangchhari upazila of the district early yesterday, officers said.

The United States will urgently work with its partners across the globe for a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis, apart from providing humanitarian support.

Potato was sold for Tk 42 to Tk 48 a kg in retail markets in the capital yesterday, a day after the government fixed the retail price at Tk 35.

About Tk 785 crore in plant and machinery, bank balance and cash have been transferred by the West Pakistani industrialists and big industry houses to West Pakistan on the eve of the liberation of Bangladesh, according to a preliminary survey conducted by the government.

Cattle rearing is thriving as an important economic activity in Bhasan Char, an off-shore island where the government wants to relocate one lakh Rohingyas from different refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.

Espionage in Australia had eclipsed Cold War levels, the country’s spymaster told parliament yesterday, in a speech warning that citizens were being monitored and harassed by foreign powers.

The US government was preparing to sue Google yesterday in what would be the biggest antitrust case in decades, media reports said.

The UN Refugee Agency has called for solidarity, support and solutions for the Rohingya refugees ahead of an urgent donor conference tomorrow amid a shortfall in humanitarian assistance.

A member of Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP) was shot dead by unknown miscreant around 1:30PM yesterday in Babupara area of Baghaichari upazila in Rangamati.

Sikder Group Managing Director Ron Haque Sikder and his brother Dipu Haque Sikder are yet to comply with the July 20 High Court directive that asked them to give 5,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) each as fine to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund.

A suspended constable was arrested and placed on a five-day remand yesterday in connection with the death and alleged torture while in police custody of Rayhan Ahmed.

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to lawmaker Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, known as Nixon Chowdhury, for eight weeks on some conditions in a case over violations of the electoral code of conduct.

President Donald Trump called coronavirus expert Anthony Fauci a “disaster” on Monday, airing his frustration with the scientist during a call meant to reassure campaign staff he has a path to victory on Nov 3 despite trailing in opinion polls.

Europe and North America should follow the example of Asian states by persevering with anti-Covid measures and quarantining anyone who comes into contact with infected people, WHO said as a second wave of virus continued to force new restrictions in Europe yesterday.

The Bangladesh Gono Parishad today condoles the death of MCA Hamidur Rahman of Rajshahi. The members stand in silence for two minutes as a mark of respect to the departed soul.

Hit by a plunge in turnover after foreign tourists vanished, Michelin-starred Hungarian restaurant Costes has staged a skyline dining event on the Budapest Eye ferris wheel to generate sales in a coronavirus-proof environment.

Early voting for the Nov. 3 presidential election began in the crucial battleground state of Florida yesterday as a record 28 million Americans have already cast ballots with barely two weeks remaining in the campaign.

Some 4,315 women and children in the country became victims of violence during the months of August and September, said a new report of Manusher Jonno Foundation.

While European nations imposed new restrictions, a lockdown as eased in Austalia’s second-biggest city of Melbourne yesterday, as residents flocked to reopened hair salons and golf courses that had been closed for more than 100 days.