Only 20.3 percent of the funds in government support programmes in response to the pandemic was directly targeted towards protecting the poor.

Many people are interested in research and it is not uncommon for young people, especially recent graduates, to join think tanks or research centres to try their luck at expanding the frontier of knowledge.

Hosted by Austin Creed, the show kicked off with Grid Legends, the latest instalment in Codemaster’s beloved Grid franchise.

According to the UN, cybercrime is up by 600% due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Such alarming statistics only emphasize the importance of taking certain precautions to bolster our digital safety:

A farmer from Bhola Sadar upazila has set a record producing 23 mounds of Aus paddy per bigha by cultivating BRRI Hybrid-7 variety this season.

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), in collaboration with the government of Bangladesh and the NGO Affairs Bureau, granted Masters scholarships to 11 eligible government and non-government officials for 2021.

The non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) will remain closed for two days on August 1 and 4, Bangladesh Bank said today.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) today urged the government to allow them to reopen all factories including export-oriented industries, citing that export might suffer severely for the continued restriction.

Second-quarter sales of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine more than tripled to $894 million from the previous three months, but the drugmaker once again delayed its US application for approval.

The second shipment of medical equipment to fight Covid-19, donated by US-Bangladesh Business Council in partnership with American NGO Project CURE, reached Dhaka airport this afternoon.

A total of 1,019 new Covid-19 cases and 41 deaths were recorded in the Khulna division in 24 hours (till 8 am today).

After a Covid-19 patient was diagnosed with black fungus (mucormycosis) at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), fear of contracting the disease has gripped the city residents.

Government has lowered the age bar, from 30 to 25 years, for taking the Covid-19 jab.

At least two rockets hit Baghdad's fortified Green Zone early on Thursday but caused no casualties, Iraqi security sources said.

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has approved the production and use of the locally developed cost-effective portable ventilator, named OxyJet CPAP, on limited scale.

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signage to alert vessels of a possible squall.

Detectives claimed to have arrested three alleged “contract killers” from Chandpur and Dhaka.

A woman was crushed under the wheels of a covered-van on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila today.

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

Hearing on acceptance of the probe report -- that cleared Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir of charges of abetting the suicide of a college student -- will be held after regular court reopens.