The WHO warned that Covid-19 was moving faster than the vaccines, and said the G7’s vow to share a billion doses with poorer nations was simply not enough.

The High Court yesterday ordered for a judicial inquiry into allegations of grabbing 60 acres of agricultural land at Muhuripara in Cox’s Bazar and converting its nature by earth filling.

Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday said there was no conducive atmosphere for reopening educational institutions as the Covid transmission rate was still high.

Indian Foreign Minister Sardar Swaran Singh carried to US President Richard Nixon today an urgent plea for help to achieve a political settlement in East Pakistan and enable the return of six million Bangladeshi refugees to their homes.

After the Jamuna river eroded the banks on which his ancestral home stood in Shahzadpur upazila’s Koizuri village a few years ago, Md Shawkat Ali shifted his residence further inland into Koizuri union.

The Hajj and Umrah Management Bill 2021 was passed in parliament yesterday aiming to ensure the smooth performing of hajj and umrah and remove irregularities and mismanagement in the sector.

Bangladesh suffered a 3-0 defeat against Oman in the last game of the second round of Joint Qualifiers for the World Cup and Asian Cup in Doha last night.

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has issued emergency use authorisation (EUA) to Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine “Janssen” in the country.

China said yesterday radiation levels remained normal at one of its nuclear power plants and there were no safety concerns, after the station’s French operator reported a gas build-up.

The UN improperly collected and shared data from more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, passing it on to Myanmar, the country they fled, Human Rights Watch said yesterday, urging an investigation.

Novavax Inc yesterday reported late-stage data from its US-based clinical trial showing its vaccine is more than 90% effective against Covid-19 across a variety of variants of the virus.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday that she will offer a formal apology to New Zealand’s Pacific community over “demeaning” police raids that targeted them in the 1970s.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed a case against six people, including a former ward councillor of Chattogram City Corporation and three Rohingyas, for issuing citizenship and birth certificates to Rohingyas.

Many Indian states eased coronavirus restrictions yesterday including the capital Delhi, where authorities allowed all shops and malls to open, as the number of new infections dropped to the lowest in more than two months.

Police in Kishoreganj are looking for a 20-year-old man accused of raping a ninth grader in Kuliarchar upazila three days ago.

A karbari (village chief) was shot dead in front of his family in a remote village of Jurachhari upazila of Rangamati Sunday night.

Police Assistant Sub-Inspector Shoumen Kumar Roy, accused of triple murder, yesterday confessed in a local court to committing the crime.

Expressing concern over BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition, the party said her kidney and liver is not functioning well; that’s why she is suffering from fever repeatedly.

Veteran leader Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday handed over power in Israel to new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett but remained defiant as the patchwork government faced tensions with Palestinians over a planned Jewish nationalist march.

A recruiting agencies’ platform yesterday demanded that the government immediately arrange Covid-19 vaccines for migrant workers to ensure their smooth migration and save money spent on hotel quarantine.