German police have arrested a British man who worked at the British embassy in Berlin on suspicion of passing documents to the Russian intelligence service in exchange for cash, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

At least 213 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals across the country during 24 hours till 8 am today, of which only 25 are from outside Dhaka.

Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) will start physical work on taking overhead cables underground in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area next month as part of its mega project to ensure safer transmission of electricity.

Air communication with India is likely to resume from next week on a limited scale, considering the needs of people of both countries, sources at the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) said.

A Dhaka court today sent Model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha to jail after rejecting both the remand and bail prayers in two separate cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

Two people were killed and over 40 were feared buried under the debris after a landslide trapped a bus and other vehicles in Kinnaur district of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh today, officials said.

Twenty-two people died from Covid-19 in Sylhet division during 24 hours till this morning.

A total of 1,47,69,447 people have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine across the country till yesterday (August 10), according to a press release issued from the health directorate.

Sutalari Ramchandrapur Government Primary School in Manikganj has been reduced to half its original size because the entire school is slowly crumbling into the mighty Padma river, while the Water Development Board remains inactive.

The High Court today wanted to know the progress in establishing E-judiciary in the country.

Bangladesh government is going to procure six crore more doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine from China.

Department General of Health Services served show-cause notice to a health worker in Rajshahi’s Tanore upazila in connection with giving the local chairman Covid-19 jab at his home.

The High Court today issued a fresh summons order, asking two investigation officers (IOs) of a child murder case in Bogura to appear before it and explain the allegation of forcibly taking confessional statement from the deceased’s brother, who is also a minor.

As most of the restrictions on movement were lifted today, public transport operation resumed across the country after 19 days, amid fear of further surge in Covid deaths and infections.

The production of potatoes has exceeded all expectations.

Ten people died while being treated at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital during 24 hours till 8 this morning.

Facebook said on Tuesday it had removed a network of accounts from Russia that it linked to a marketing firm which aimed to enlist influencers to push anti-vaccine content about the Covid-19 jabs.

A man died after a lorry hit his motorcycle in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area early today. 

Forest fires in Algeria killed 42 people on Tuesday, including 25 soldiers deployed to help put out the blaze, the government said, as thick clouds of smoke covered much of the mountainous Kabylie region east of the capital.

The passport authorities sat on upgrading the MRP server that had crossed the 30-million limit in early June, causing delay in reissuing passports to tens of thousands of Bangladeshis, mostly migrants in the Gulf and Southeast Asian countries.