Saudi Arabia gears up for downsized hajj

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday begins hosting the annual hajj pilgrimage, dramatically downscaled due to the coronavirus pandemic that has barred millions..

Spread of dengue feared as many patients go unreported

Many dengue patients in Dhaka and across the country are going unreported as the government collect patients’ information from only 41 hospitals ..

Stay ready to tackle situation if flood lingers, says PM

Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked her party leaders and activists to remain prepared..

Shahed on 38-day remand

A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Sunday remanded Regent Group chairman Shahed Karim alias Mohammad Shahed for 38 days..

Dhaka University student picked up by ‘DB police’

A Dhaka University master’s student remained missing after a group of people identifying themselves as Detective Branch members picked him..

AL MP Israfil Alam dies following COVID-19 infection

Md Israfil Alam, an Awami League MP from Naogaon-6 constituency, died at a hospital in the capital on Monday following Coronavirus infection.

England and Scotland went separate ways on Covid-19. It may lead to a full divorce

When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson landed on Thursday in Orkney, an archipelago off Scotland's northern coast, he boldly proclaimed..

The polls show Biden is a clear favorite 100 days out from an unprecedented election

Believe it or not, we're now 100 days and 15 hours from the 2020 election. As we enter the final stretch of the campaign, presumptive Democratic nominee ..

Trump is calling protesters who disagree with him terrorists. That puts him in the company of the world's autocrats

Heavily armed, unidentifiable security agents dressed in camouflage have been snatching anti-racism protesters off the streets of Portland..

Hong Kong's vast $3.8 billion rain-tunnel network

Below the mountains that overlook Hong Kong's financial district, drainage engineer Alex Lau is ankle-deep in water flowing into..