Those waiting for long for the second dose of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine have been asked to contact the nearest vaccination centres as early as possible for getting the shot.

The High Court today ordered a man to produce his 22-year-old daughter, whom he allegedly confined in his house is Dhaka’s Uttara, in court before September 1.

Deviating from previous stance, Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said mass Covid-19 vaccination campaigns will not be held in the country any more.

A Dhaka court placed three people, including two former owners of e-commerce platform E-orange, on a five-day remand in a case filed over embezzlement of around Tk 1,100 crore.

Two teenagers died and a woman fell sick after a fire originated at a residential building in Dhaka’s Banani area early today.

A memorandum of understanding between Egyptair and ALO Dhaka Aviation Ltd was signed in Cairo on August 18 -- to start operating two flights per week between Dhaka and Cairo, starting from November 2021.

A 32-year-old was killed and another was seriously injured in a knife attack by a drug addict in Brahmanbaria town’s Kazipara area last night.

The Padma Bridge project has reached a new milestone with the completion of road slab placement work on the country's longest bridge.

Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur has urged the Bangladeshi expatriates in Malaysia to remain cautious about misinformation regarding its passport related services.

Prosecution has sought death penalty for eight members of the banned militant group Ansar Al Islam, including its military wing commander Major (sacked) Syed Md Ziaul Huq, in a case filed over the murders of LGBT activist Xulhaz Mannan and his associate Mahbub Rabby Tonoy in 2016.

Sufi Faruq Ibne Abubakar, former IT head of a multinational company, started Gurukul Online Learning Network with a dream to minimize the quality gap between education available to city and rural students.

The health directorate has identified 19 areas in the capital as extremely vulnerable to dengue due to widespread presence of Aedes mosquito, the carrier of the virus.

While Bangladesh Bank set the interest rate of farm loans at eight percent, farmers are having to pay more than three times higher even in desperate times like the coronavirus pandemic.

Two chicken varieties developed by Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) scientists have the potentials to usher in a new era in poultry farming. Developed from native chicken germplasm, they grow quickly, consume very little and are disease-resistant.

India has been consulting the leaders of the Bangladesh government to find out how, if at all, the issue of Bangladesh could be raised before the world’s highest forum -- the United Nations General Assembly beginning next month in New York.

Unlike all other government-run upazila health complexes in the country, the one in Saidpur upazila town serves only outpatients, as it never had the capacity to admit inpatients. 

Water in Padma river has been increasing rapidly in the last few days, flooding low lying areas and shoals of Pabna’s Sadar and Ishwardi upazilas.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against the expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia, her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon and their two aides in a case filed for possessing fake currencies.

A court in Barishal asked the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the two cases filed against Barisal Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Munibur Rahman, two police officials and five others on charge of firing gunshots on the officers and employees of Barishal City Corporation on August 18.

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has launched Shari’ah based dual currency Mastercard Titanium, gold debit, world and gold credit and prepaid cards in Bangladesh.