The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world Friday as nations raced to halt air travel, markets fell sharply and scientists held emergency meetings to weigh the exact risks, which were largely unknown.

Jute mill workers staged a demonstration in Khalishpur of Khulna demanding reopening of state-owned 25 closed jute mills and payment of all arrears of five mills including Khalishpur-Daulatpur Jute Mill as per the payscale of 2015.

Two men have been arrested in a case filed for raping a girl at Chougachha upazila of Jashore last night.

At least 58 dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Three Lebanese judges have resigned over interference by politicians in the work of the judiciary, including a probe into last year’s Beirut blast, a judicial source said Thursday.

The government yesterday (November 25) made a big reshuffle in the lower judiciary by appointing 97 new judges, promoting 65 joint district judges and transferring 388 others across the country.

A cocktail of challenges and opportunities await Bangladesh as it enters the developing nation bracket in 2026 after the United Nations General Assembly on November 24 gave its graduation the final approval.

The US has perhaps invited the “weak democracies” to the first phase of Summit for Democracy and that is why Bangladesh is not in the invitation list, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

US President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs Henry Kissinger, in a telephone conversation today, informed President Nixon that he had told China,

With mercury dipping fast in the north, orders for locally made duvet, a soft quilt stuffed with cotton down, have gone up at bedding stores in the district.

Betel nut growers in all the seven upazilas of the district are all smiles as they have a good yield this year and earning handsome profit from selling their produces.

Philippine government lawyers have opposed Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa going to Oslo next month to collect her award in person, describing the journalist in court documents as "a flight risk".

Amnesty International today urged Bangladeshi authorities to immediately release Dipti Rani Das, a 17-year-old girl, who has been languishing at a correctional facility since October 28 last year for a Facebook post.

National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government said Thursday.

Several BNP, Jatiya Party, Gono Forum and Workers Party lawmakers today criticised the government in the parliament over corruption, absence of good governance and rule of law while participating in a resolution on holding a special discussion on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the country's independence.

A Gopalganj court today sentenced five people to death in-absentia for killing an easy-bike driver Zahidul Islam Babu at Sadar upazila in 2013.

A policeman, who was injured in an attack by fishermen while enforcing a ban on hilsa fishing in October, died at a city hospital last night.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today assured the demonstrating students of taking legal steps against the driver of a DSCC vehicle which hit and killed Nayeem Hasan, a student of Notre Dame College, yesterday.

A Dhaka court today issued arrest warrants against eight leaders and activists of BNP, including its senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, in a case filed under the Special Powers Act.

Nine people have 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).