India has withdrawn nearly 50 diplomats and security personnel from its consulate in Kandahar of Afghanistan in view of the deteriorating security situation as Taliban gained control of new areas around the southern Afghan city.

A 90-year-old woman who died after falling ill with Covid-19 was infected with both the Alpha and Beta variants of the coronavirus at the same time, researchers in Belgium said Sunday, adding that the rare phenomenon may be underestimated.

Ash Barty's close friend Casey Dellacqua led the way in typically Australian style as a proud sporting nation woke up to hail its first women's Wimbledon singles champion in 41 years on Sunday.

Eoin Morgan took time out from quarantine to praise the "incredible" efforts of a completely changed England side after they clinched a one-day international series win over Pakistan with a commanding 52-run victory at Lord's on Saturday

Shimron Hetmyer's 61 off 36 balls and Dwayne Bravo's unbeaten 47 helped the West Indies seal a comprehensive 56-run victory over Australia in the second Twenty20 international in St Lucia on Saturday, to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

For the first time, a majority of Brazilians support impeaching President Jair Bolsonaro, according to a poll released on Saturday, as serious graft allegations related to vaccine procurement hit the right-wing leader's already battered image.

A female migrant worker today filed a case with police in Dhaka against eight people -- for trafficking her to Mauritius where she says she was raped by her employer and a co-worker last year.

Additional police forces have been deployed at key points in Chattogram city to tackle any untoward situation over Copa America final between Argentina and Brazil.

A doctor died with coronavirus at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Tangail General Hospital on Friday night.

The government has decided to take over a 300-year-old building located on Nazu Miah Lane at port city’s Patharghata for preservation due to its archaeological importance.

With the extended lockdown causing enormous financial hardship to daily wage earners and lower income population, the government and affiliated bodies escalated food drive for them all across the country.

US President Joe Biden nominated Peter D Haas as the new US ambassador to Bangladesh.

Northrop Grumman Corp won a Nasa contract worth $935 million to develop living quarters for the US space agency’s planned outpost in lunar orbit, the weapons maker said on Friday. 

More than six months after the deadly US Capitol insurrection, authorities on Friday began the process of dismantling fencing and barricades surrounding the iconic Washington building, although some access restrictions will remain in place. 

journalist and litterateur, breathed his last at his village home in Dhalghat under Patiya upazila of Chattogram yesterday, aged 86.

The wave of Covid-19 patients has turned Kushtia General Hospital helpless. Every one and a half hours, someone is losing their life, and many are close to dying at the 250-bed medical facility. Doctors say the situation is truly out of their control.

Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will establish “Bangabandhu Chair” at the University of Delhi to honour Father of the Nation of Bangladesh and the 50th anniversary of the country’s Liberation War and Indo-Bangla diplomatic relations.

BNP yesterday alleged that there has been “massive corruption” in the construction of houses meant for landless people as the Prime Minister’s gift under the Ashrayan Project, as many of those have collapsed partially or developed cracks in many places.

Expressing deep concern over the ban on providing information of patient and health services in government hospitals to media during Covid-19, Transparency International (TIB) yesterday demanded immediate revocation of the order signed by Dhaka District Civil Surgeon on Thursday.

The recent fire incident in the six-storied building of the food processing factory of Sajeeb group in Narayanganj caused the reported death of fifty-two people with dozens of workers still missing.