Germany and Estonia submitted Tuesday a resolution to the UN Security Council on a ceasefire in various conflicts around the world during the coronavirus pandemic, to replace one drafted by France and Tunisia that the United States has blocked.

Pinning down the source of the coronavirus pandemic should help in working out how Covid-19 has “invaded the human species” so quickly, a senior WHO official told AFP.

In an interview with Pran Chopra, former editor of Statesman (India), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman yesterday said the recently concluded trade agreement between Bangladesh and India would be beneficial for both countries.

Europe moved ahead with its emergence from coronavirus lockdown yesterday and laid out plans for summer tourism, but the pandemic gathered pace elsewhere and America’s virus pointman warned against reopening the United States too quickly.

Virus-hit Iran will reopen its mosques for three nights over the next week so that worshippers can pray during one of the holiest times of year, a minister said yesterday.

Twitter said Monday it began tagging “misleading” and “disputed” claims about the coronavirus pandemic in a stepped-up effort to label potentially harmful content.

A rickshaw-puller and policeman died in Shariatpur and Barishal with Covid-19 like symptoms since Monday night.

The World Health Organization on Monday hailed dwindling Covid-19 infection rates and deaths in some countries, but called on nations to show “extreme vigilance” as they begin loosening their restrictions.

A physician of Dinajpur M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital was sued yesterday for allegedly raping a woman.

World powers including Russia and India pushed on with easing coronavirus restrictions yesterday, despite upsurges in infections in parts of the world and warnings of a second wave epidemic.

Two men were killed in “gunfights” with police in Cox’s Bazar and Jashore early yesterday.

In a mock test by the government for providing cash assistance to 50 lakh poor families, many listed national identification (NID) numbers did not match the ones on the national identification database of the election commission.

The Covid-19 pandemic has already pushed many middle-income families into poverty.

In an interview with the American Broadcasting Corporation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today says that some big powers have been trying to destabilise South East Asia and the Middle East.

The government has taken a decision to distribute khas land among landless peasants, says Land Minister Abdur Rab Serniabat. Under this scheme, initially, three lakh landless peasants will get land for cultivation purposes, he adds.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra has requested temporary approval of its coronavirus testing kit, saying that the validation process was being delayed.

“Stay home, stay well: beware of the virus… these are nothing but some fancy words for people like us who are working to keep you healthy by cleaning your city during a pandemic. But what did we get for this? Nothing.

Production of the world’s longest-running cartoon and a mainstay of the Japanese weekend has been interrupted by the coronavirus, forcing the broadcast of re-runs for the first time in decades.

A fire broke out in a retirement home in the Moscow region, killing at least nine people, local authorities said yesterday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended staff activity at its hubs in Houthi-held areas of Yemen, a directive seen by Reuters showed, in a move sources said aimed to pressure the group to be more transparent about suspected coronavirus cases.