Police yesterday arrested Md Abdus Sattar, 60, for raping a 10-year-old in Gaibandha’s Sadar upazila.

Saudi Arabia will enforce a nationwide 24-hour curfew during the five-day Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month to fight the coronavirus, the interior ministry said Tuesday, as infections spike.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra yesterday supplied 200 locally-made rapid test kits to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for performance trial.

Indonesians who violate social distancing rules in the capital could soon find themselves forced to clean toilets to atone for their sins.

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.

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.

The UN yesterday signed for the third year extension of a tripartite deal with Myanmar on creating conditions conducive to Roingyas’ return to Rakhine.

At least two people died after showing Covid-19 symptoms in Chandpur and Manikganj on Sunday night.

“A dog is fighting a fox, watch here quickly” -- said a Facebook post by one Md Monayem Khondokar on May 7.

Two Awami League activists were killed and three others injured in an attack by members of a rival group of the ruling party in the district’s Shailakupa upazila yesterday.