Official calls to arrest a Saudi female rapper who appeared in a music video have sparked an online backlash with many calling the move hypocritical as the kingdom invites Western women to perform.

Haitian police demanding better working conditions shot up the army headquarters on Sunday, killing two servicemen and wounding a dozen more, the Defense Ministry said, prompting the government to cancel an upcoming carnival.

Fears of a global coronavirus pandemic deepened yesterday with a growing number of deaths in Iran and the worsening of other outbreaks across Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research yesterday advised the Bangladeshis staying abroad to follow the directives of the local authorities to keep themselves safe from novel coronavirus infection.

Police arrested two young men early yesterday on charges of gangraping a schoolgirl in Pirojpur’s Mathbaria upazila.

Bangladeshis who wish to perform hajj will have to spend more for the pilgrimage this year, mainly due to the increase in airfare and visa fees.

Paul Mark Henry, assistant secretary-general of the UN, today makes an unscheduled air-dash to his headquarters in New York following two consecutive meetings with Bangabandhu.

Two traders have cut hills and trees at Chittagong University to build a dirt road through the campus for carrying logs of trees from a nearby area in Hathazari upazila.

The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed in the country on the night of March 22.

The High Court yesterday declared illegal a government decision to build a tourist and picnic spot on 61 acres of the Mahananda river in Chapainawabganj.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) yesterday advised people to avoid foreign tours which are not mandatory to stay safe from the novel coronavirus infection.

The much-hyped Mass Rapid Transport projects will hardly ease traffic congestion in the capital because by 2035, when the projects are expected to be fully implemented, only one-tenth of the commuters will be using the trains, an expert said yesterday.

The government has decided that organisations and functionaries such as zonal council, zonal administration, civil liaison officer,

The deadly coronavirus epidemic could put an already fragile global economic recovery at risk, the IMF warned yesterday, as G20 financial chiefs voiced “real concern” over its economic ripple effects.

Israel is bracing for an unprecedented third election in under a year, with voters eyeing an end to the deadlock but polls indicating another tight race despite criminal charges against the prime minister.

An accused in three human trafficking cases was killed in an alleged gunfight with police in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf earlier yesterday.

Three people were killed and at least 14 others injured in separate road accidents in the city yesterday.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has said his wife Empress Masako “still has ups and downs” as she battles to recover from a longstanding stress-induced illness related to her royal duties.

Thich Quang Do, a dissident Buddhist monk who has effectively been under house arrest since 2003 and was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Peace Prize, has died aged 93.

A minibus stopped outside the world’s largest cemetery in the Iraqi Shia holy city of Najaf. Five women got out, telephone cameras filming the scene, and dashed excitedly towards a grave.