Six people were killed and five others injured when a truck rammed a human haulier from behind last night on Jhenidah-Kushtia highway in Shailkupa, Jhenidah.

With fake documents, a close accomplice of Proshanta Kumar Halder, known as PK Halder, alone managed to get loans of about Tk 3,520 crore from three non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) between 2015 and 2019.

US Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced his resignation unexpectedly Monday as worries rose over more violence during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week.

The death of 30-year-old apprentice lawyer Rejaul Karim Reja in custody on January 3, which sparked outrage in Barishal city, has led to an outpouring of accounts by locals of a sub-inspector’s many transgressions.

Three people were killed as a stone-laden truck fell into the Boro Mohapurom river in Rangamati after a Bailey bridge over Rangamati-Khagrachhari road collapsed early yesterday.

Thailand’s king has visited prisons, sweeping floors alongside his official consort in the latest round of a charm offensive following unprecedented criticism of the monarchy during street protests.

Two Bangladeshi men, believed to be involved in selling fake immigration documents, have been arrested in Malaysia.

Indian airlines started delivering batches of Covid-19 vaccines nationwide yesterday, preparing for the launch of a campaign to offer shots to 1.3 billion people, in what officials call the world’s biggest vaccination drive.

The percentage of Covid-19 cases that come out positive was the lowest in nine months yesterday.

A police officer was shot dead in northwestern Pakistan yesterday when a polio vaccination team he was escorting was attacked in a drive-by shooting.

Abdul Quader Mirza, mayor of Noakhali’s Basurhat municipality, yesterday voiced resentment over alleged remarks about him by his elder brother Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader.

The European Union started the approval process for its third vaccine yesterday after WHO scientists warned that herd immunity from coronavirus was unlikely this year even with mass inoculation schemes.

Police have arrested three men over the gang-rape of a woman in Patuakhali’s Kuakata and another man over the rape of a fifth-grader in Patgram of Lalmonirhat.

A local court yesterday accepted the charge sheet in the case filed over the gang rape of a woman at Murari Chand College hostel over three months ago.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader’s younger brother Abdul Quader Mirza yesterday said officials of the administration, law enforcement agencies, and election commission would face dire consequences if the municipal election in Noakhali gets marred by irregularities.

Four people, including a couple, were killed and 20 others injured in a fire in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir upazila yesterday.

Four people, including two members of a family, were killed in train accidents in two districts yesterday.

Worldwide coronavirus cases surpassed 90 million yesterday, as nations around the globe raced to dose millions of people and extend or reinstate lockdowns to fight new coronavirus variants.

House Democrats formally introduced their resolution to impeach President Donald Trump yesterday, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” for his role in last week’s riots at the US Capitol.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed yesterday said what happened in Kalabagan was out-and-out a crime.