President Joe Biden will transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday while he is under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy he will undergo as part of his annual physical, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement.

The Sikh community yesterday opened the doors to five gurudwaras to Muslims to offer their Friday (Juma) namaz in Gurugram (formerly Gurgaon) district, near New Delhi.

A college student was crushed to death under the wheels of a train near the faculty of Fine Arts in Rajshahi University today.

Seven people died of Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Former South Africa international AB de Villiers said he has decided to retire from all forms of cricket having lost his hunger for the game, bringing to an end a 17-year career where he established himself as one of his country's greats.

With Argentina's place at the 2022 World Cup secure, Lionel Messi can shift his focus exclusively to ending the year "in the best way possible" with Paris Saint-Germain after an injury-hit start to life in France.

The United Nations' World Food Programme chief presented a plan on how they would spend $6.6 billion to combat world hunger as a response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who claimed he would sell Tesla stock to fund a plan only if the WFP could describe how it would work.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the government is sincere to formulate a law for formation of the Election Commission (EC), but it would not be right to make it in a hurry.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday told parliament that there was no scope under the law to allow BNP chief Khaleda Zia to go abroad for medical treatment.

Bangladesh would genuinely graduate from the least-developed country bracket only after attaining a certain level of global competitiveness, said noted economist Rehman Sobhan yesterday.

The government will enact a law to regulate the private practice of doctors across the country, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said in the parliament yesterday.

Indian external affairs minister Swaran Singh categorically rejected in Rajya Sabha today the reported American proposal to send a mission to India to study the Bangladesh problem.

The UN envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday delivered a bleak assessment of the situation following the Taliban takeover, saying that an affiliate of the Islamic State group has grown and now appears present in nearly all 34 provinces.

The government is sincere about formulating a law for the formation of the Election Commission, but it does not want to do it in a hurry, said Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday

Students of Dhaka college protested today, demanding half fare for students on buses. They blocked Mirpur Road in front of the college, during the demo.

BNP MP Harunur Rashid today strongly protested the summoning of Dhaka University Professor Tasneem Siddiqui before a parliamentary standing committee for giving an interview to a newspaper.

Five 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).

The number of examinees for this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams has increased by 33,901 compared to last year.

Eight people, including two Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, were sentenced to life imprisonment today in a case filed over a murder in Gaibandha’s Palashbari upazila in 1999.

One hundred and twenty-nine dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).