US engagement with Bangladesh on trade, economic and defence fronts has increased in recent months. In September, the countries signed an open sky deal and held comprehensive economic partnership dialogues.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday resisted calls for the repeal of farm reforms that have ignited the biggest protests by farmers in years around the national capital, saying they were being misled and that deregulation would benefit them.

“Apa, are you sure you will not write my name in your report? If anyone could understand that I am [HIV] positive, I will not find clients anymore and will die of hunger,” said 38-Year-old Ruma (not her real name), an HIV positive sex-worker while speaking to this newspaper yesterday.

America should prepare for a “surge upon a surge” in coronavirus cases as millions of travelers return home after the Thanksgiving holiday, top US scientist Anthony Fauci warned Sunday.

The government will initially distribute three crore doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to people for free.

The country yesterday reported 2,525 new cases of Covid-19 -- the highest for a single day in nearly three months.

Bangladesh is going to be connected with a third submarine cable to meet the rapidly growing demand for internet bandwidth and ensure uninterrupted broadband internet services.

The National Board of Revenue yesterday extended the deadline for income tax return submission by one month to December 31, taking public sufferings caused by the pandemic into consideration.

A ruling party MP has filled up more than 54 acres from the Buriganga river and wetland to construct a power plant and a private economic zone in Basila, according to a government probe report.

After years of struggle, Mostakim Alam landed a job at a digital printing shop in Kuwait as a computer operator. With earnings of Tk 1.20 lakh a month, all was going well.

The written test was held on Saturday afternoon. The result that came out eleven hours later left many candidates surprised.

A parliamentary body has set March next year as the deadline for launching eviction drives to recover 138,000 acres of reserve forestland grabbed by 88,000 individuals and organisations across the country.

Hefajat-e-Islam leader Maulana Mamunul Haque yesterday said he would remove all the sculptures in the country if he had the legal, moral and political capacity.

Newly appointed State Minister for Religious affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan yesterday said sculpture and idol were different and there were sculptures in almost every country.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday urged private medical college hospitals to prepare for providing a hand to the government designated Covid-19 hospitals in tackling the “second wave” of the pandemic.

With winter sweeping over the country, Covid-19 cases have risen by 32.5 percent this month compared to the number recorded last month.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government is working to establish a rail network across the country for providing transportation to people and goods at a cheaper rate.

cThe Sampadak Parishad’s (Editors’ Council’s) concern was expressed at a virtual meeting held on November 21 and November 26, 2020.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said a communal force is creating unwanted debate over the establishment of sculptures of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.