Malaysia today provided more than half a million AstraZeneca vaccines to Bangladesh as a gesture of solidarity and support in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic.

Detectives will interrogate Murad Hassan, who resigned from the post of state minister for information today, if anyone formally files complaint against him.

Bangladesh Under-19 team became champions in the U19 Triangular Series beating India Under-19 B team in the final by 181 runs at the Eden Garden in Kolkata on Tuesday.

A 12-year-old boy remained missing for over 24 hours after he fell into a roadside drain at Sholoshahar Railway Station area in Chattogram city yesterday afternoon.

Five people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Two more dengue patients died in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has decided to operate 16-hour ferry service between Munshiganj's Shimulia and Shariatpur's Majhikandi waterway.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was "very disappointed" with his side's performance on Monday after a 2-1 defeat by Everton saw them slip to seventh in the Premier League.

The government is set to extend the duration and budget for constructing 560 model mosques-cum-Islamic cultural centres all over the country for the second time by another three years.

Express-54, a survey ship of Belgium-based company Jan De Nul excavating the Rabnabad channel at Patuakhali’s Payra Port, capsized yesterday noon, following a leak.  

The UN General Assembly today held an emergency debate on the Indo-Pakistan war with Argentina proposing an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of troops of both sides.

Several brick kilns, set up on farmland or close to educational institution, destroying fertility of vast agricultural land in the district.

With the onset of winter, second-hand winter clothe traders have been making brisk business for the last one and a half months setting up makeshift shops on both sides of railway tracks near Saidpur Railway Station posing threats of fatal accidents anytime. 

Mentioning that the Bangladesh-India relationship is anchored in history and culture, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the two countries now should concentrate on people-to-people contact, trade, business and connectivity as the issues became increasingly important for the two sides.

For expression of dissent there should be unqualified freedom to express oneself, and not having this is a significant retreat from the commitments made during the time of the country’s liberation, said Prof Rehman Sobhan, chairman of Centre for Policy Dialogue.

Myanmar's junta chief reduced the prison sentence of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years on Monday, after she was jailed for four years for incitement against the military and breaching Covid rules.

Russia and India signed a flurry of trade and arms deals during President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, including one that will see India produce more than 600,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles.

Day after the coupling between a carriage and a running train gave away, five cars of Dhaka-bound intercity train -- Jayantika Express – got separated at Mantola Railway Station in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila this afternoon.

A Rajshahi court on Monday placed the mayor of Rajshahi's Katakhali Municipality Abbas Ali on a three-day remand in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA).

A survey ship Express-54 of Belgium-based company Jandinul -- engaged in excavating the Rabnabad channel -- capsized due to a leak in Payra Port of Patuakhali today.