Seven years after the Edward Snowden scandal, new allegations that the US spied on close allies have emerged in Denmark, this time regarding the defence industry and a Danish fighter jet tender won by the US.

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station, Nasa’s first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft.

The parliamentary body on Women and Children Affairs yesterday placed its final report on the Women and Children Repression Prevention (amendment) Bill 2020 before the House keeping the provision of death penalty for rape.

Moderna Inc’s experimental vaccine was 94.5 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said yesterday, becoming the second US drugmaker to report results that far exceed expectations.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is expected to announce the new pay scales of the government on Victory Day, to be

The government is going to take up a Tk 5,905-crore project to repair rural roads and fix infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Amphan, floods and heavy rains this year.

Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan in a video on his YouTube channel yesterday denied that he had inaugurated a Kali Puja mandap on his recent trip to Kolkata.

European Union diplomats yesterday warned Britain that time was fast running out for a Brexit deal, and that it may already be too late to ratify one, as negotiators in Brussels began a last-ditch attempt to avoid a tumultuous exit at the end of December.

UN-led talks aimed at appointing an executive to help lead Libya out of a decade of conflict ended Sunday without discussing names, the world body said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said he favours a permanent division of Cyprus into two states, during a visit to the breakaway Turkish-held north decried as a “provocation” by the internationally recognised Greek-speaking south.

The head of Algeria’s top private media group was jailed for five years yesterday, the company said, the toughest sentence handed to a press mogul in the North African country.

An 11-year-old Tripura girl was found dead at the house of a Jubo League leader in Khagrachhari on Friday.

With Kamala Harris poised to become the first female vice president of the United States, and with a record number of women elected to Congress -- including more Republicans than ever -- considerable history will be made when they all take office in January.

Twenty-five female leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested on Saturday night, while they were holding what police said was a secret meeting in Kushtia.

India yesterday denied allegations by its arch-rival Pakistan that New Delhi had helped fund militant groups on Pakistani soil, with a foreign ministry spokesman dismissing them as “fabricated” and “figments of imagination”.

Two employees of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital confessed yesterday before a magistrate to their involvement in the death of Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Mohammad Anisul Karim on November 9.

Japanese ambassador Takashi Oyamada communicates to Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Japan’s willingness to provide technical help to Bangladesh when he calls on Bangabandhu at the Gono Bhaban today.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday expressed his optimism over signing of the Teesta water-sharing deal with India, saying it remains ready for signing since 2011.

Germany yesterday warned that its anti-coronavirus measures were likely to last four or five more months, as Greece announced a new ban on gatherings and Mexico surpassed one million infections.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan was found infected with Covid-19 on Saturday night.