The hijackers who seized a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman left the targeted ship on Wednesday, the British navy reported, without elaborating.

Rab arrested two alleged associates of model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha during a raid at Dhaka’s Bashundhara residential area.

The atmosphere of Dhaka Medical College morgue premises was heavy with the mourning of family members waiting for the remains of loved ones who died in the fire at Hashem Food and Beverage Factory in Narayanganj.

The health directorate has suspended Sajeda Afrin, assistant health inspector at Delduar Upazila Health Complex in Tangail -- for pushing needles into the arms of 30 people without injecting the Covid-19 vaccine.

Two minors, who were sentenced to one-month in prison by a mobile court in Netrakona for getting married, were released from the law enforcers' custody today before the High Court issued a verbal order in this regard.

Amid wide criticism on social media since yesterday, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has withdrawn the comment he made yesterday that unvaccinated people, aged 18 and above, will not be allowed to go out.

At least seventeen people died in lightning strike on the bank of Padma river, in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj, this noon.

Sixteen people died of Covid-19 in Chattogram district in 24 hours, till 8am today.

The fire at United Leather factory in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj is now under control.

Millions of poverty-stricken individuals, who migrate from every part of this country to earn a minimal living, create the romanticised identity of Dhaka -- "city of rickshaws". However, the pandemic has not spared this already neglected and struggling profession.

Health ministry has distanced itself from the comment made by Liberation War Affairs Minister yesterday.

Nine patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of three Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

Fourteen people – eight female and six male -- died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till 8am today.

British coronavirus vaccine developer Sarah Gilbert has many science accolades to her credit but now shares an honor with Beyonce, Marilyn Monroe and Eleanor Roosevelt: a Barbie doll in her likeness.

Two Bangladeshis have been arrested by law enforcers in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly entering India illegally.

Fully-vaccinated people have an around 50 to 60 percent reduced risk of infection from the Delta coronavirus variant, including those who are asymptomatic, a large English coronavirus prevalence study found on Wednesday.

Abdus Salam, a long-time resident of Mridha Bari area, said the stench from Matuail landfill nearby has become unbearable in the last five to six years.

Fourteen Pakistani diplomats -- all of Bengalee origin -- resigned today from their embassy in the US or from the mission to the United Nations in protest of what they called “crimes

Going viral on Monday, a picture depicting a salute between a father and his daughter, both serving the nation in two separate forces, has swayed the hearts of thousands of netizens.

A historic first win against Australia in the opening T20I of the five-match series went a long way to providing assurances, perhaps even overshadowing the areas that Bangladesh need to improve upon in the batting department in the coming matches.