A German veterinary clinic has trained sniffer dogs to detect the novel coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94% accuracy.

China’s Tianwen-1 probe has sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said, as the mission prepares to touch down on the Red Planet later this year.

Serajul Hoque Khan, a former Bangladesh Bank official, passed away yesterday. He was 74.

A long-time friend of Bangladesh Dr Pierre Claquin, a French citizen, who worked for small pox and poliovirus eradication in Bangladesh, died in Paris on February 4, aged 74.

Three Dhaka University teachers have been demoted on charge of plagiarism in their research papers.

The ongoing cold spell that has paralysed normal life across the country, especially in the northern region, may continue for the next one week.

Tourists in Kashmir’s Gulmarg ski resort have a new place to chill out - an igloo cafe that serves hot food and drink on tables made of ice and snow.

A man who was an elected lawmaker not once but twice is now living like a pauper.

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard recovered four bodies from the Bay of Bengal yesterday, few hours after a fishing trawler capsized.

Larry King, who quizzed thousands of world leaders, politicians and entertainers for CNN and other news outlets in a career spanning more than six decades, has died aged 87, his media company said in a statement yesterday.

The whimsical, wafting flight of butterflies may not give the impression of top aerodynamic performance, but research published on Wednesday suggests their large flexible wings could be perfectly designed to give them a burst of jet propulsion.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the Dhaka University authorities to put more emphasis on research and build skilled human resources for the country.

The severity of cold intensified yesterday as some rainfall occurred in many parts of the country, including in the capital.

Dense fog forced the authorities to suspend ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia and the Shimulia-Banglabazar routes for hours, causing immense sufferings to passengers.

Teachers and officials of Rangpur’s Begum Rokeya University have been resentful as its vice-chancellor (VC) left the campus, for the second time since March, without meeting with them, even after they waited for hours in front of his official on-campus residence on Friday.

PRAN UP has launched a campaign to help clod-stricken people of the country. The announcement came at an event held at PRAN Center in the capital’s Badda on Wednesday, said a press release.

Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest known cave painting: a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was made at least 45,500 years ago in Indonesia.

Nilufer Zafarullah has been elected chairman and Md Tanveer Madar vice chairman of the Education, Science, Technology and Cultural Development Trust (ESTCDT), the founding trust of Independent University,

A Bangladeshi migrant worker is suing his ex-employer and dormitory operator in Singapore, accusing them of “false imprisonment” after he was locked in his room during a coronavirus outbreak.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s absence from public view in the past two months, including missing the final episode of a TV show on which he was to appear as a judge, has fueled social media speculation over his whereabouts amid a Chinese regulatory clampdown on his sprawling business empire.