Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) yesterday condemned the raid of undocumented migrant workers, including Bangladeshis, and called for treating them more humanely in its efforts to curb the Covid-19 pandemic.

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hit a decade-high today thanks mainly to the higher participation of buoyant investors.

Two teenage girls were raped in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj yesterday, said Sub-inspector of Bandar Police Station, Md Barek.

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today directed the concerned officials to collect paddy from actual farmers.

Thirty-six people have died from Covid-19 during 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Jatiya Party (JP) has finalised its candidates for the by-elections to three parliamentary constituencies -- Sylhet-3, Dhaka-14 and Cumilla-5 -- scheduled to be held on July 14.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming today said a "very pragmatic" discussion is underway on procurement of Covid-19 vaccine doses from China to meet Bangladesh's needs.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said the GDP growth of the country would be higher than the government's estimate, not only the World Bank's projection.

Covid-19 positivity rate is gradually increasing in Jashore as 143 more samples, out of 288, tested positive in 24 hours in the district. This raised the positivity rate to 49 percent, said Md Akhtaruzzaman, administrator of Jashore General Hospital.

Coinciding with ‘Mujib Year’, 50 model mosques -- out of total 560 -- are set to be opened simultaneously across the country tomorrow.

In yet another incident of extreme torture, a 32-year-old Bangladeshi female worker has returned home from Saudi Arabia with her 6-month-old.

Bangladesh Coast Guard seized around 20 lakh shrimp fries from a fish depot in Barguna’s Taltola upazila last evening.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today rejected to accept the data on new poor that came out earlier through surveys done by private research organisations to measure the effect of Covid-induced income loss.

A Bangladeshi was awarded ‘Prof. YP Abrol Memorial Award for Excellence in Science and/or policy towards Sustainable Nitrogen Management,’ the first-ever international South Asian Award on nitrogen management.

Four people, including a pedestrian, were critically injured when a covered van fell off Muktarpur Bridge in Munshiganj.

Police recovered a bomb-like object from an under-construction shop in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha this morning.

University of Dhaka and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) have yet again failed to make any progress in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) world university ranking of 2022.

Two men -- suspected to be robbers -- were killed after being beaten up by a mob at Belabo upazila in Narsingdi last night.

Dhaka moved one notch up in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual ranking of most liveable cities in 2021, which has largely been shaken up by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangladesh and Japan have agreed to work together to tackle the challenges of Covid-19 and Rohingya crisis.