A Dhaka court today granted bail to film actress Semon Hasan Eka in a case filed against her with Hatirjheel Police Station for torturing house help.

Health directorate has instructed all its officials concerned to increase the number of booths in Covid-19 vaccination centres across the country so that everyone gets the jabs as early as possible.

Amid a bumper yield of potato this year, the agriculture ministry has urged the authorities concerned to include potato into the list of relief items.

Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director-general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), announced today that they will probe if any DGHS employees were involved in the illegal sale of Covid-19 vaccines.

Myanmar's military government has arrested two more local journalists, army-owned television reported on Saturday, the latest among dozens of detentions in a sweeping crackdown on the media since a Feb. 1 coup.

Cuba's Yordenis Ugas sent Manny Pacquiao spinning to a dramatic upset defeat on Saturday, outclassing the Filipino boxing icon with a composed unanimous points victory at the T-Mobile Arena.

Britain would have to turn to Russia and China to exercise a "moderating influence" over the Taliban, despite a mistrust between the UK and those governments, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said.

The High Court today rebuked Nayan Kumar, an inspector of Criminal Investigation Department of police in Naogaon for forcibly taking confessional statement from a deceased's brother, who is also a minor in Bogura.

Japanese Ambassador to Dhaka Naoki Ito said they have planned to deliver 634,920 more AstraZeneca doses on August 28.

A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul’s international airport killed seven Afghan civilians in the crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban’s takeover of the country.

Forty-four oxygen cylinders went missing from Barishal Sher-e Bangla Medical College and Hospital’s Covid unit.

Three relatives of a patient were sedated and robbed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital last night.

Bashundhara Kings coach Oscar Bruzon said he was satisfied with the performance of his team in a goalless draw against Begaluru FC and would look to topple ATK Mohun Bagan when the two teams face off in their last group D fixture of the AFC Cup on Tuesday. 

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit has invited more investment and engagement from the government and entrepreneurs of Bangladesh.

Southern Brave won the inaugural Hundred competition on Saturday, comfortably beating Birmingham Phoenix in the men's final at a packed Lord's after Oval Invincibles won the women's crown.

Austria's conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz opposes taking in any more people fleeing Afghanistan now that the Taliban have seized power, he said in remarks published on Sunday.

Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers imposed some order around chaotic Kabul airport on Sunday, making sure people formed orderly queues outside the main gates and not allowing crowds to gather at the perimeter, witnesses said.

Hurricane Grace pummeled Mexico with torrential rain on Saturday, causing severe flooding and mudslides that killed at least eight people after becoming one of the most powerful storms in years to hit the country's Gulf coast.

Arjuda Begum, now 80, gave shelter to freedom fighters, and even sold her land to feed them during the Liberation War in 1971. Her contribution and sacrifice, however, were never officially recognised by the state.

US energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a third week in a row, as a recovery in oil prices prompted some drillers to return to the wellpad over the past year.