At least 218 Rohingyas died or went missing at sea in 2020, as they desperately sought refuge in Southeast Asian countries -- either from Myanmar’s Rakhine state or Bangladesh’s Rohingya camps, a new UN report says.

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

An elderly man died in a road accident in Dhaka’s Matuail area, as he was returning home after taking Covid-19 vaccine.

The Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) will be given the charge of collecting tolls on the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today.

Novoair, a private airline of the country, has increased number of daily flights on Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route due to growing number of travelers to the popular beach town.

Kuwait will resume commercial flights with Bangladesh and other countries, while adhering to the Covid-19 measures set by a ministerial committee, a cabinet statement said on Wednesday.

Commuters are crossing the Padma river on launches as ferry services in the Shimulia-Banglabazar route remain suspended due to strong river currents.

A woman died of dengue fever this morning while undergoing treatment at Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar. She left behind her 40-day old baby.

Police have arrested a man and recovered 20 doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from a drug store in Dakkhinkhan area of Dhaka.

Hefajat-e Islam Amir Junayed Babunagari died today. He was 68.

The magnificent Kuakata beach, known as "Sagarkanya" or the daughter of the sea, is popular with both domestic and international tourists. The beach, however, is still scarred by wounds from multiple disastrous cyclones, and is now on the verge of being destroyed completely.

A Dhaka court today placed film actress Pori Moni on a one-day remand in the third phase in a case filed with Banani Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.

Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed left Dhaka yesterday for Turkey on an eight-day official visit.

The High Court today directed Bangladesh-born US citizen Sharif Imran to present his daughters before the bench on August 31, following a writ petition filed by his wife Nakano Eriko, a citizen of Japan who has moved to Bangladesh and started a legal battle for custody of the children.

At least 50 people, including two police and two Ansar members were injured during clashes between law enforcers and local Awami League, Chhatra League leaders outside the Sadar UNO office in Barishal last night.

Tremors shook buildings late on Wednesday in the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes, a Reuters witness said, a few days after a devastating earthquake killed almost 2,200 people across the Caribbean nation and injured thousands more.

Current data does not indicate that COVID-19 booster shots are needed, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Wednesday.

Rab arrested a death row convict in the murder of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) leader and an organiser of the Liberation War Kazi Aref Ahmed early today.

For the last 41 years the Soviet Union and USA used Afghanistan as a playground for geopolitics.

The United Kingdom will double its humanitarian and development aid to Afghanistan to 286 million pounds ($393.34 million) this year, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a tweet.