Swathes of Europe began the long process of reopening from coronavirus lockdowns yesterday, but the first new infections in weeks at China’s ground zero offered a sobering reminder of the dangers of a second wave of cases.

The Dhaka University authorities yesterday decided not to go for online classes for the time being considering a large number of students’ incapability to attend.

An alleged Rohingya drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila early Sunday.

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.

Former president Barack Obama has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it an “absolute chaotic disaster.”

On the last day of the four-day tour of North Bengal, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today visits Rangpur.

A union level Mahila AL leader and her husband were arrested on Friday night for raping their niece, who is a private university student, and recording the incident, at Sylhet’s Jaintiapur upazila.

South Korea yesterday warned of a second wave of the new coronavirus as infections rebounded to a one-month high, just as some of the hardest-hit countries readied to lift lockdown restrictions.

A man was strangled to death by his wife and son in Shutipara area of Dhamrai upazila in Dhaka early yesterday, said police.

Several thousand workers of two garment factories in Gazipur’s Kashimpur demonstrated yesterday for the second consecutive day demanding full salary for April and the factories be reopened.

Labour shortage due to the countrywide shutdown is making many farmers anxious about completing Boro paddy harvest before heavy rain damages the crop.

Orders for vaccines against diseases such as measles have declined since a national emergency was declared in the United States because of the coronavirus pandemic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

The United States recorded its steepest job losses in history over the coronavirus pandemic as Europe moved to keep its borders shut for another month.

Oceans are likely to rise as much as 1.3 metres by 2100 if Earth’s surface warms another 3.5 degrees Celsius, scientists warned Friday.

Dhaka University authorities are considering cutting holidays to prevent a looming session jam and make up for academic losses caused by the ongoing indefinite closure of the institution over the coronavirus outbreak.

Another policeman died of Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at Central Police Hospital in the capital yesterday.

Two Rohingyas, who were allegedly involved in yaba trade, were killed in a gunfight with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.