Nigerian troops regained control of a military base in the northeast hours after it was seized by jihadists, sources told AFP yesterday.

Stating that her government would do everything necessary for survival of the country’s cinema industry, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all concerned to make more films on the Liberation War.

An Australian father and son have been released after almost six months in detention on unknown charges in Qatar, multiple sources said yesterday.

President Abdul Hamid is scheduled to deliver his speech in the 11th session of the 11th parliament commencing this afternoon.

Three men were arrested on Saturday for gang-raping a 42-year-old woman in Patuakhali’s Mirzaganj upazila, and in Mymensingh a case was filed yesterday against a youth and his family members over the rape of a 14-year-old girl.

Officials yesterday sought to ease concerns in Europe about deliveries of coronavirus vaccines as nations across the world doubled down on restrictions to fight the rampaging pandemic.

At least two people were killed and two others injured in a clash yesterday over land ownership in Nariagodai area of Santhia, Pabna.

WhatsApp has postponed a data-sharing change as users concerned about privacy fled the Facebook-owned messaging service and flocked to rivals Telegram and Signal.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities is now 7,883 as the health authorities confirmed 21 more deaths in 24 hours ending 8:00am yesterday.

The Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested six persons for allegedly extorting money from people, posing as members of a top terror gang.

By the time Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president Wednesday, his scandal-tainted predecessor Donald Trump will already be far away, having helicoptered out of the White House a last time earlier that morning, an official has said.

Teachers and officials of Rangpur’s Begum Rokeya University have been resentful as its vice-chancellor (VC) left the campus, for the second time since March, without meeting with them, even after they waited for hours in front of his official on-campus residence on Friday.

While countries across the world promote production and sales of electric vehicles, Bangladesh does not even have a guideline to regulate them.

Stock market regulator chairman has given warnings of foul play saying they are using modern surveillance software to detect gambling in stock market.

The coronavirus pandemic has slowed global migration by nearly 30 percent, with around two million fewer people than predicted migrating between 2019 and 2020, according to a UN report released on Friday.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards test-fired ballistic missiles against targets in the Indian Ocean as they wrapped up a two-day exercise, their official website reported yesterday.

A mild cold wave is sweeping over the country and it may continue for the next three days, according to Bangladesh Meteorological department.

Australian firefighters said they expect to battle an out-of-control bushfire well into the night yesterday, as the blaze threatens lives and homes in the west coast city of Perth.

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in Pakistan, the health minister said yesterday, making it the first coronavirus vaccine to get the green light for use in the South Asian country.

The northern part of the country is witnessing a sharp fall in temperature as the second spell of cold wave from the Himalayan sweeping through the region.