Jatiya Party Chairman and Deputy Leader of the Opposition GM Quader today said that the government did not keep any alternative source for importing Covid-19 vaccine to serve business interests of a particular company that has made profits worth crores of taka.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called on the government to send BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia abroad for advanced treatment for her post-Covid complications.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked all to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr at their present location to help curb the spread of coronavirus across the country.

Bus service resumed in cities across the country, including in Dhaka, today -- albeit with a limited number of passengers.

A total of 1,01,520 under-trial prisoners, including 1,257 minors, were released from jail after securing bail from virtual courts across the country in two phases over 75 working days.

An elderly woman was dead after a motorcycle hit her in Dhaka’s Rayerbagh area this morning.

Counter-terrorism officials claimed to have arrested an operative of the banned militant group Ansar al Islam, who was planning an attack on Jatiya Sangsad, and a preacher for his provocative speech.

The central bank today instructed banks to extend their banking hours by one hour with effect from tomorrow in order to help clients do banking smoothly ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

The cabinet committee on public procurement will not give go-ahead to any public work for construction related projects in the the rest of the current fiscal year, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.

Bangladesh will get back the money if India's Serum Institute cannot supply vaccine under an international contract, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has congratulated Mamata Banerjee on her party Trinamool Congress' historic win in the West Bengal State Assembly elections and hoped to resolve outstanding issues.

The High Court imposed Tk 10,000 fine on Supreme Court lawyer Md Eunus Ali Akond today for not appearing before it, after filing a writ petition challenging the legality of the ongoing “lockdown”.

A total of 160 Bangladeshis, who were stranded in Libya’s Benghazi due to unstable situation and global coronavirus pandemic, retuned to Dhaka this morning with the help of International Organization of Migration (IOM).

Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) is expecting a bumper production of Boro in the Sylhet haor area this year and hopes that farmers will collect 30,000 tonnes of paddy more than this year’s target.

Officials and employees of all government, non-government, autonomous offices and banks, financial institutions will not be allowed to leave their area of work during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday.

Two persons were killed and another was injured as a truck hit a battery-run rickshaw van at Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat this morning.

IPL got suspended for an indefinite period.

Expatriate Bangladeshis in Mauritius have been facing trouble in sending money to their near and dear ones at home as money transfer companies in the country have been closed again, just two days after a two-month lockdown ended.

A Bangladeshi was shot dead by a group of indigenous villagers inside Indian territory near Kendribil in Sylhet's Jaintapur upazila this morning.

Bangladesh seeks adequate and sustained funding for the UN peacekeeping missions, allowing them to effectively carry out diverse mandates amid challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.