China may run the second phase trial of coronavirus vaccine, which further evaluates the immunogenicity and safety of the vaccine in human body, in Bangladesh, said Director General (DG) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Abul Kalam Azad.

Four men, allegedly members of a notorious kidnapping gang led by Abdul Hakim, have been killed in what police said was a gunfight with law enforcers in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila.

Speakers at a dialogue have said labour-intensive small entrepreneurs should be given priority during the disbursement of the Tk 20,000 crore incentive package announced by the government for the small and medium entrepreneurship.

The change management adviser of the Bangladesh Bank died today from coronavirus at the age of 75.

A total of 44,802 people, including 572 children in child development centres, have secured bail from lower courts across the country in the last 30 working days.

The two main accused in the Dhaka University student Sumaiya Khatun murder case -- her husband Mostaq Hossain and father-in-law Zakir Hossain -- are remanded for three days.

A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines today brought back a total of 264 Bangladeshi citizens, who were stranded in Dubai due to suspension of regular international flights following the Covid-19 pandemic.

It is quite a sight finding green grapes hanging from vines, a scene often attributed to the Mediterranean regions. However, this may also become common in Bangladesh soon. Surprised?

Police have rescued the wife of a government official in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur and admitted her to hospital after her husband allegedly beat her up possibly under the influence of drugs.

Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects on patients and health systems for years to come, according to doctors and infectious disease experts.

The air quality in Dhaka shows a significant improvement this morning with the capital ranking 64th worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI).

Another police personnel, who earlier tested positive for coronavirus, dies at a hospital in Dhaka.

The government of Bangladesh demonstrated an overall increase in effort compared to the previous reporting period towards preventing human trafficking, earning itself an upgrade to Tier 2 in a ranking of countries fighting trafficking, says a US report.

Water flows of Teesta River alarmingly cross the danger level at Dalia point of Nilphamari district this morning near Teesta barrage inundating vast crops fields and homesteads in the low-lying areas and 15 shoals of Dimla and Jaldhaka upazila.

A government official has been arrested in Brahmanbaria while taking bribe. Md Qutub Uddin, auditor of Brahmanbaria district accounts office, was detained with the bribe money on Thursday, reports our Brahmanbaria correspondent.

A schoolboy, who broke his leg in an accident, died after receiving “wrong treatment” from a group of “fake physicians” in Pirojpur’s Sadar upazila yesterday.

Former Director General of Islamic Foundation Shamim Mohammad Afzal passed away at a city hospital tonight. He was 63.

Renowned Bengali writer and journalist Nimai Bhattacharya passed away in Kolkata of India’s West Bengal at the age of 89.

Unidentified criminals killed an elderly man and took away two battery-run auto-rickshaws, kept for charging at the former’s shop, in Birampur upazila early yesterday.

Police early yesterday arrested a youth in connection with a case for raping a minor girl in Sirajganj’s Kamarkhand upazila on Wednesday.