Japan yesterday marked the ninth anniversary of the killer tsunami that triggered the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, but the coronavirus outbreak forced public commemorations to be scaled back.

Two labourers were killed and two others injured as mud collapsed on them in Joypurhat Sadar upazila yesterday.

Of the three reported coronavirus patients in Bangladesh, two were diagnosed negative as tests were conducted on them for the second time on Tuesday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join the birth centenary celebration of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17 through videoconference.

Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison yesterday following his sexual assault and rape conviction last month in a case hailed as a victory for the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has postponed her two-day official visit to Japan amid a global outbreak of novel coronavirus, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.

Kazi Shafiqul Islam worked as a reserve officer (RO)-01 at Chattogram District Police Lines for seven years. His tenure was marked by allegations of bribery, promotion business, gross negligence in duties and misbehaviour with his colleagues.

Declaring “Joy Bangla” as the country’s national slogan, the High Court yesterday directed the government to take necessary steps so that the slogan is used at all state functions and academic institutions’ assemblies.

The outer anchorage of Chittagong port, the largest entrance to the naval facilities of Bangladesh, has been almost out of the customs’ watch for the last nine years.

Bangabandhu’s communications to the leading countries of the world to ensure the safe return of Bengalees from Pakistan have received positive response, informs Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad.

Facebook and Twitter both added tags denoting false or manipulated content to a video reposted by President Donald Trump of his Democrat rival Joe Biden.

A suspected criminal was killed in a “gunfight” between two rival gangs in Bogura town early yesterday, police said.

Six Indonesians have been arrested for allegedly spreading misinformation online about the deadly coronavirus, police said yesterday, as the Southeast Asian nation’s confirmed infection cases jumped.

An attack by Boko Haram jihadists on an army post in the southeastern Niger region of Diffa left eight dead and three missing, state radio said Monday.

Measures to tackle the deadly coronavirus could take a particularly harsh toll on young people’s access to work, at a time when youth unemployment is already rising, the UN warned Monday.

Women mostly stayed off Mexico City’s streets Monday as part of a protest against the country’s soaring rate of gender violence.

Four people, including a woman and her two-year-old daughter, were sent to a hospital after they arrived at Dhaka airport from abroad yesterday.

Biman has halved its international flights as fewer people are flying due to the global coronavirus outbreak.

The discovery of a 14th century underground burial site deep in Gabon’s tropical forest may shed light on a little known period in Africa’s history.

All major March 17 celebrations marking Bangabandhu’s birth centenary have been postponed due to the coronavirus situation, Awami League sources told The Daily Star last night.