Attorney General AM Amin Uddin has been infected with Covid-19.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to launch flights on the Dhaka-Guangzhou-Dhaka route soon, considering the growing demand for passengers.

Demanding the resignation of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Vice Chancellor Farid Uddin Ahmed, hundreds of students are demonstrating a sit-in protest in front of his residence on the campus since 4:00 pm today.

The economic and business tie between Bangladesh and the US is stronger than the previous normal time because of having a warm relationship between the two countries despite severe fallouts of the Covid-19 pandemic, said John D Dunham, economic and Indo-Pacific Affairs Unit chief of the US embassy in Bangladesh.

Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury today told the parliament that 64 percent of the country’s students -- aged 12-18 -- have been given the first jab of Covid-19 vaccine.

Two dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government’s main focus is on building a modern nation based on technological knowledge.

Software and information technology-enabled services (ITES) will enjoy export incentive if they abide by some rules set by the Bangladesh Bank during virtual shipment of products worth over $5,000.

Authorities closed down Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) for an indefinite period of time today in the wake of student protests that sparked from January 13.

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) today picked up two Bangladeshi madrasa students when they crossed the zero-line at the border in Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur, said Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended flat today while its turnover experienced a rise.

The Tangail-7 by-polls saw a low voter turnout with only 35 percent votes cast today, said Assistant Returning Officer Kamrul Hasan.

At least 5,222 new infections were recorded and eight people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Madhaikhal beel, which lies on 157 acres of land in Kurigram’s Nageshwari upazila, was the main source of income for more than four hundred fishermen families.

For a second time in a month, Dhaka has sought more time to notify the US whether it would consent to the Leahy law, which was invoked at the beginning of the new year.

The temperature at night may fall further in the next two days, said a government weather bulletin.

Over the last 15 years, the government has spent Tk 119 crore to upgrade Dhaka’s traffic signal system. The plan involved some ambitious experiments to modernise the capital’s traffic control system, including digitising signal lights and installing timer countdown and digital display boards in some major intersections.

The recently published Human Rights Watch report is “one-sided, unacceptable and politically-motivated”, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday.

On September 30 during the 1971 Liberation War, Ramajan Ali Miah, along with others, was killed by the Pakistani forces in Mahmudpur area of Tangail’s Gopalpur.

Two cases have been filed in connection with the death of three people by mob beating, suspecting them to be robbers, in Narayanganj's Araihazar upazila yesterday.