Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares today that the rule of law will be established at any cost. In his speech on the occasion of the inauguration of the Supreme Court,

The government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to 11 districts, including Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar.

Twitter said on Wednesday that it would crack down on false posts about Covid-19 vaccines beginning next week, following in the footsteps of Facebook and YouTube.

Human Rights Watch yesterday accused Egypt of imposing punitive conditions on hundreds of inmates at one of its most notorious prisons in collective punishment for a foiled September escape attempt.

At least eight people have remained missing till 4:00pm yesterday since a trawler capsized in the Meghna on Tuesday.

Members of Bangladesh Chhatra League allegedly attacked some followers of former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque in Brahmanbaria while they were paying homage to martyrs marking the Victory Day yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday greeted all valiant freedom fighters of the country on the occasion of the 50th Victory Day.

Fijians living in the path of an approaching super cyclone were told to hunker down at home or head to emergency shelters immediately yesterday, as authorities warned of the storm’s potential to uproot buildings and cause mass destruction.

French authorities have seized a “priceless” haul of over 27,000 archaeological artefacts ranging from Bronze Age bracelets to Roman coins that had been secretly amassed by a single person in the east of the country, customs said yesterday.

Customs officials arrested a passenger with 130 gold bars weighing 15kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Tuesday night.

Several European countries tightened restrictions yesterday, as Germany set a record for daily deaths and the United States broke its own daily high for infection numbers.

President-elect Joe Biden threw his weight behind the Democratic battle for control of the US Senate on Tuesday, as his White House win was finally acknowledged by top Republicans and holdout foreign leaders.

After 55 years, rail communications between Bangladesh and India through Chilahati-Haldibari route is going to resume today.

UN human rights experts yesterday called on Bangladesh to immediately release cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore from jail due to his deteriorating health.

One of only three artefacts ever recovered from inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid has been found in a misplaced cigar tin in a Scottish university collection, academics revealed yesterday.

The ministers of Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s cabinet, who are sworn in today under the constitution, would retain the same portfolios as they were holding before.

The Civil Aviation Authorities of Bangladesh (Caab) have for the first time placed four full-body x-ray scanners at the pre-boarding security checkpoints at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman reasserts in unambiguous terms today that the trial of war criminals must be held on Bangladesh soil.

At least seven people, including a bride, died after a trawler carrying members of a wedding party capsized in the Meghna river in Noakhali’s Hatia yesterday.

Bangladesh and South Korea want to take their bilateral relationship to new heights – going beyond textile to ICT, energy, blue economy, climate change and infrastructure development, said diplomats and academicians, as the two countries celebrate 47th year of diplomatic relationship on December 18.