At least 34 members of 11 robbery gangs yesterday surrendered their weapons to Rab-7 at Chattagram’s Banshkhali Adarsha High School.

Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, yesterday said it has made 40 million doses of AstraZeneca’s potential Covid-19 vaccine, and would soon begin making Novavax’s rival shot, as a drive for vaccine around the globe gathered steam raising hope amid a raging pandemic.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would lay the foundation stone of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge over the Jamuna on November 29.

The Holy Quran was not demeaned before Shahidunnabi Jewel was beaten and burnt to death in Burimari of Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila on October 29, an investigation by the district administration has found.

Police in Teknaf are looking for a 27-year-old man accused of raping a sixth-grader.

Bangladesh will continue to enjoy duty free benefits for the export of its products to the United Kingdom after the end of the Brexit transition period, the UK government has said.

President-elect Joe Biden said that nothing would stop the transfer of power in the US government, while President Donald Trump remained defiant, hoping to cling on to power somehow defying all odds.

The Criminal Investigation Department in a text message to reporters yesterday evening said they arrested Jagannath University student Tithy Sarkar who had been missing since October 25.

Police recovered the hanging bodies of a man and his son from a Moghbazar flat in the capital last evening.

Jatiya Party lawmaker Anisul Islam Mahmud has called for ensuring freedom of press and making all constitutional institutions meaningful and effective to build “Golden Bengal” as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Two men were shot dead by unknown miscreants in Gorjonia area of Waggya union in Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila around 3:00am yesterday.

Palestinians yesterday mourned their veteran negotiator Saeb Erekat, who died aged 65 of coronavirus complications, amid cautious hope the stalled peace process with Israel may be revived under Joe Biden’s presidency.

Complications may arise in evaluating subject-based skill and choosing eligible students if Dhaka University authorities approve the Deans’ Committee’s recent decision to abolish separate admission tests for Social Science and Fine Arts faculties, some academics opined.

The United States on Tuesday far exceeded its previous daily record of new Covid-19 cases, adding 201,961 cases in 24 hours, according to the tally compiled by Johns Hopkins University, as pandemic continued to wreak havoc in Europe.

An activist of the ruling Awami League was killed by a group of unidentified miscreants in Cumilla city around 8:00am yesterday.

Two men were shot dead by unknown miscreants in Gorjonia area of Waggya union in Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila around 3:00am yesterday.

Indian Border Security Force has returned two Rab members to the BGB on Tuesday night, about nine hours after they were taken into custody from the house of an Indian national along the border in Dinajpur’s Chirirbandar upazila.

The authorities concerned have started planning the implementation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s directive to bring public transport workers under a dope testing system.

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A man was sent to jail yesterday for raping a woman at gunpoint in Noakhali, while another was sent for raping an 8-year-old child in Faridpur.