Microsoft on Friday announced that co-founder Bill Gates has left its board of directors to devote more time to philanthropy.

The Indian Ambassador in Bangladesh Subimal Dutt calls on Bangabandhu at his official residence. It is reported that he has discussed with the PM matters relating to the forth coming visit of the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

The Awami League-backed Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad has secured six posts in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election while the BNP-backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Panel secured eight.

Two police officers were closed to Mymensingh Police Lines yesterday, a day after a person died allegedly due to the torture he was subjected to while in police custody.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman receives salute of the Awami League Volunteer Corps at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Maidan today.

Six years has passed since the government built the hospital, but it is yet to serve any patient as the authorities have still not sanctioned the necessary workforce to get the facility up and running.

Terming the last parliamentary election in Bangladesh “an improbably lopsided” election, the United States on Thursday said it was not considered free and fair and was marred by reported irregularities, including ballot-box stuffing and intimidation of opposition polling agents and voters.

A civil liberties watchdog sued the US government Thursday seeking the disclosure of records on the use of facial recognition technology being deployed at American airports.

Morocco closed the border with Ceuta and Melilla, Spain’s two North African enclaves, early yesterday to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, officials said.

Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban said yesterday that foreigners and migration are to blame for the appearance and spread of coronavirus in Hungary.

Tehandjila Quessale’s heart sank every time her mother sent her to fetch water for their crops, up in the mountains of Angola’s southern Huila region.

Australia yesterday warned citizens the coronavirus pandemic is now so widespread that they should reconsider all foreign travel, as the government stepped up measures to slow the spread of the disease.

A suspected highway robber was killed in a “gunight” with police beside Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla’s Chandina upazila early yesterday.

India yesterday said cross-border movement of passenger trains and buses to and from Bangladesh will remain suspended until April 15.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday proposed a strong joint strategy involving SAARC countries to fight the coronavirus threat in the region.

US air strikes targeting pro-Iranian military factions in Iraq killed one civilian and five security personnel early yesterday, the Iraqi military said, warning the raids risked a bloody escalation for the war-battered country.

Judges of the Supreme Court’s appellate and high court divisions have decided in principle that they will work extra time after their office hours in two days a week to reduce the backlog of pending cases.

The government yesterday published a revised list of names for “Swadhinata Padak 2020”, excluding SM Rois Uddin.

In the wake of the confirmation of the first coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, the government has cancelled all parades and freedom fighters’ gatherings across the country -- planned for the occasion of Independence Day -- with a view to stop the spread of coronavirus.

A 2,000-year-old stela recently discovered in Guatemala has revealed examples of the genesis of Mayan writing, according to experts studying the ancient civilisation that dominated much of Central America.