Australian officials will trial a home quarantine system for fully vaccinated international travellers arriving in Sydney, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, as the country moves to reopen its borders despite persistent Covid-19 cases.

An Australian mother yesterday said she felt “blessed” after her three-year-old son with autism was found alive and sound, scooping muddy water from a creek in dense outback terrain after a three-day hunt that gripped the country.

A man has died following a shark attack in Australia despite the efforts of “incredibly brave” surfers and bystanders who came to his aid, authorities said yesterday.

Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney yesterday and seven officers were hospitalised as a result of clashes, as the country saw its highest ever single-day rise in Covid-19 cases.

Australia yesterday avoided having the Great Barrier Reef listed as an endangered world heritage site by UNESCO, despite extensive climate change-fuelled damage to the ecosystem’s corals. 

Australian scientists said they have developed the “holy grail” of blood sugar testing for diabetics, a non-invasive strip that checks glucose levels via saliva.

A gigantic dinosaur discovered in Australia’s outback has been identified as a new species and recognised as one of the largest to ever roam the Earth, according to palaeontologists.

Australia’s top spymaster has revealed that his agency disrupted a “nest of spies” sent by an unnamed foreign intelligence service to steal sensitive trade and defence secrets.

Australia’s conservative prime minister was forced to bring a vocal party lawmaker to task on Wednesday for spreading pandemic disinformation, after a string of comments that threatened to undermine public safety.

An Australian father and son have been released after almost six months in detention on unknown charges in Qatar, multiple sources said yesterday.

Australian firefighters said they expect to battle an out-of-control bushfire well into the night yesterday, as the blaze threatens lives and homes in the west coast city of Perth.

An out-of-control bushfire threatened lives and homes in Australia’s west coast city of Perth yesterday, with locals told to shelter in place from toxic fumes.

The Australian government updates its travel alert in Bangladesh due to the high threat of terrorist attack and the uncertain political situation.

Quilt makers in the district are now passing busy time from morning till midnight as demand of the item has increased amid fall of

A Mymensingh court awards death penalty to six persons in connection with killing an eight-year-old boy in Muktagacha upazila of Mymensingh in 2010.

The Supreme Court directs the parliament secretariat to submit before it in three months the master plan of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban designed by famous architect Louis I Kahn.

BNP spokesperson Ashaduzzaman Ripon criticises Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for accusing the party’s leaders and activists of carrying out secret killings in the country.

Ganatantrik Bam Morcha demands judicial probe into the attack on their “road march” to the Sundarbans against Rampal power plant.

A five-year-old boy was killed in a boiler blast at a rice mill in Gangapara village under Islampur upazila of the district yesterday morning.

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal claims to have found “sufficient evidence against 19 war crimes accused” from Cox’s Bazar.