When Md Izahar Ali became a newspaper hawker in Jashore, the price of a newspaper was only 10 paisa and some papers used to reach Jashore a day later.

The head of the EU’s disease control agency has warned that the novel coronavirus could last indefinitely even as global infections slowed by nearly half in the last month and vaccine rollouts gathered pace in parts of the world.

A clash occurred between BNP activists and police in front of the city’s Jatiya Press Club yesterday around noon during BNP’s protest against the decision to revoke the gallantry award given to late president Ziaur Rahman.

The dwellers of Thakurgaon town yesterday expressed fear and panic centering today’s municipality polls as the ruling Awami League candidate threatened voters to leave the town if they did not cast votes for “boat”.

Left-leaning Workers Party of Bangladesh, a major part of the ruling alliance, yesterday expressed disappointment at the country’s current election system, including the use of EVM, and over AL’s “softer stance” towards religious political parties, at the party’s central committee meeting held virtually yesterday.

With cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and writer Mushtaq Ahmed behind bars for more than nine months, a group of citizens, including teachers and rights activists, staged demonstrations at the city’s Central Shaheed Minar yesterday demanding abolishment of the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA).

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming yesterday said they are now in close discussion with Bangladesh regarding Covid-19 vaccine assistance.

US authorities are investigating reports that about 80 migrants may have been trapped in a tanker truck on Monday and were struggling to breathe, an official with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on Thursday.

The Greek parliament on Thursday approved a plan to create a special police force to patrol university campuses, despite sometimes strong opposition from students.

Bangladesh recorded five novel coronavirus deaths and 404 fresh cases in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.

The United Nations human rights investigator for Myanmar yesterday urged the UN Security Council to consider imposing sanctions and arms embargoes, as 300 elected Myanmar lawmakers urged investigations into the military’s seizure of power.

A change in city brought no change in Bangladesh’s performance as the hosts seemed to be halfway to a humiliating series loss to an inexperienced West Indies side after the second day of the second Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Family members of a man whose body was found by police by chance on Thursday said the woman with whom he had an affair had killed him because he wanted to break up.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has said the government will take action against Al Jazeera if the High Court directs it to this end.

A mobile court has jailed a local Jubo League leader and two of his associates for different terms for threatening mayoral candidates in tomorrow’s Jibannagar municipality polls in Chuadanga.

The US and Europe on Thursday accused Russia of blocking any solution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

A mobile court has jailed a local Jubo League leader and two of his associates for different terms over threatening rival mayor candidates in tomorrow’s Jibannagar municipality polls in Chuadanga.

Britain yesterday closed in on a mid-February target to offer coronavirus vaccinations to 15 million of the most vulnerable people in the UK, raising hopes it could lead to restrictions being eased.

The United States yesterday announced sanctions on the leaders of Myanmar’s junta and several gem companies, and warned it would act further if the military uses violence against protesters.

Bangladesh’s daily coronavirus infection rate fell to 2.65 percent yesterday.