Tanzania’s new President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Friday the country should unite and avoid pointing fingers after the death of John Magufuli, her Covid-19 sceptic predecessor, urging the east African country to look forward with hope and confidence.

A Shariatpur court today sentenced six people to death in connection with a murder case filed over the killing of Public Prosecutor Habibur Rahman and his brother in Shariatpur 19 years ago.

China has accelerated its vaccinations against Covid-19, administering 10 million doses in around a week, and is considering varied visa policies based on vaccination and virus conditions in different countries, officials said today.

A Patuakhali court issued an arrest warrant against the former Civil Surgeon of the district today. The warrant was issued after the court accepted the charge sheet of a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission for misappropriating Tk 26 lakh through fake vouchers.

Police have arrested a student of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) for allegedly making derogatory remarks about religion on Facebook.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against former Jubo League leader Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan in two cases filed under the Narcotics Control and Special Powers act.

Twenty-two people died of Covid-19 infection across the country in 24 hours (till 8 this morning), according to a press release issued by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

With Covid-19 infections rising in the country again, Bangladesh Police launched an awareness campaign to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Law enforcers are distributing masks and urged people to follow health rules to curb Covid-19 in Dhaka and different parts of the country.

Almost a year after their arrest, 11 Bangladeshi Tablighi Jamaat members were sent back home after they were released from detention in a guest house in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district yesterday (Saturday), a senior police official said.

Japan will make more investments in Bangladesh when situation returns to normal after the Covid-19 pandemic ends.

The SARS COV-2 has mutated 4,604 times in Bangladesh since the first week of December last year, of which 34 were unique mutations which means they do not match with any other mutation found in the world.

The High Court today granted ad-interim bail to choreographer Evan Shahriar Sohag in a case filed on charges of trafficking women to Dubai.

International Farakka Committee (IFC), in a statement recently expressed hope that during the Indian Prime Minister's visit to Bangladesh the two countries will, in light of mutual friendship, take effective steps for basin-wide management of common rivers by keeping them alive from their source to sea.

A Dhaka court today took cognisance of the charges against online casino "kingpin" Salim Prodhan, in a case filed over amassing Tk 57.79 crore illegally and laundering about Tk 22 crore to Thailand and the USA.

Police arrested three people in two cases filed over Wednesday’s attack on Hindu houses in Naogaon village of Sunamganj’s Shalla upazila.

An affair that’s been no less than a carnival, the Spring in bloom fashion exhibition was a glorious 3-day event that ran from March 18, Thursday to March 20, Saturday, setting up shop at Edge Gallery of Gulshan North Avenue, Dhaka. Unilever Bangladesh Limited took the stride to organize such a glamourous event under its flagship brand, TRESemmé in association with the Fashion Design Council of Bangladesh (FDCB).

A Dhaka court has again asked police to submit by April 7 the probe report in a case filed against Fardin Iftekhar Dihan over the rape and murder of an English medium school student in the city's Kalabagan area.

Zoramthanga, the chief minister of north eastern Indian state of Mizoram, has opposed the Indian government’s order to stop illegal immigration from Myanmar and ensure speedy deportation of refugees.

AstraZeneca said on Sunday its COVID-19 vaccine contains no pork-derived ingredients, countering an assertion in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, that the drug violates Islamic law.

President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a two-day state visit tomorrow to attend the ongoing twin mega celebrations and hold talks with Bangladesh leadership to take forward the growing relations.