As India remains in a lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, police have evicted protesters from Shaheen Bagh, the ground zero of the recent agitation against Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

The four men, convicted in the brutal gang-rape and murder of a Delhi medical student in 2012, are hanged to death at the Tihar Central Jail in India's Delhi.

The World Health Organization (WHO) calls on Southeast Asian countries, including Bangladesh, to urgently scale-up aggressive measures to combat Covid-19, as confirmed cases crossed 480, and the disease claimed eight lives in the region.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Bangladesh government sign a €360 million ($400 million) loan agreement to help upgrade the Dhaka-Northwest international trade corridor in Bangladesh.

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

All 112 people, including 23 Bangladeshis, who were admitted to a quarantine facility in India for over a fortnight after their return from China, have tested negative for coronavirus and are expected to be released today, a senior official says.

The number of positive cases of novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 in India has risen to 31 with the latest being reported from West Delhi, where the patient has a travel history to Thailand and Malaysia.

Indian government says police have arrested hundreds of people for their alleged involvement in the recent violence in Delhi, while a close watch is being kept on social media platforms to check rumours and unfounded propaganda.

India reports two more cases of coronavirus, including one in New Delhi, taking the number of positive cases to five so far.

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla says India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been misunderstood in many ways, adding that it was undertaken on “humanitarian grounds”.

The United States signs a historic deal with Taliban insurgents that can pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan over the next 14 months and represent a step toward ending the 18-year-war there.

Sheikh Rehana and Saima Wazed Hossain, daughter and granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, pay homage to the Father of the Nation in Kolkata’s Baker Hostel of Maolana Azad College.

The situation in riot-hit localities of Delhi over a controversial amendment to the citizenship law is slowly returning to normal with no major incidents reported in the 36-hour timeline from Wednesday till last night, the Indian Home Ministry has said.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) detains a Bangladesh national on Khalisakothal border in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila.

Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Riva Ganguly Das says rail communication between Akhaura of Bangladesh and India’s Agartala will start by next year.

India’s Home Minister Amit Shah says they will not allow any drug to enter or go out of the country.

Indian government decides to prepare for possible evacuation of its nationals in Wuhan, the central Chinese province which is the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

Myanmar rejected accusations of “genocide” in a statement by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding yesterday’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, the Mizzima reports.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says "war crimes" may have been committed against Rohingya Muslims but denied genocide, saying refugees had "exaggerated" the extent of abuses against them.

China has reaffirmed its willingness to provide further support, within its capacity, to Myanmar in the Rohingya repatriation process and resettlement of the displaced people from Rakhine state.