Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2021 on Bangla Academy premises and Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka tomorrow.

The Palestinian Authority today received its first batch of vaccines from the global COVAX sharing initiative, in a boost to inoculations in the occupied West Bank and Gaza lagging far behind Israel's campaign.

A man from the United Arab Emirates was found dead inside a hotel room on Station Road in Chattogram city today.

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation today launched a special bus service between Tungipara of Gopalganj and Mujibnagar of Meherpur to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The nation today began a 10-day celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary coinciding with the golden jubilee of independence with a grand ceremony at the National Parade Square in Dhaka.

The High Court will deliver its verdict tomorrow on appeal petitions of the 2003 sensational Jubo League leader Jalal Uddin Sarkar murder case of Gazipur, in which 11 people were sentenced to death by the trial court in 2015.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia is seeking to buy armed unmanned aerial vehicles from Turkey, after years of tension between the two regional powers.

Bangladesh is not planning to suspend its rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite a number of countries doing so, said Md Abdul Mannan, secretary of the Health Services Division, today.

The European Union agreed on Wednesday to blacklist Chinese officials for human rights abuses, two diplomats said, the first sanctions against Beijing since an EU arms embargo in 1989 following the Tianamen Square crackdown.

Bangladesh recorded 11 coronavirus deaths and 1,865 fresh cases in 24 hours (till 8am today).

Billions of years ago, Mars was home to lakes and oceans -- but where all the water went to transform the planet into the desolate rock we know today has been something of a mystery.

Two children were electrocuted today from an illegal electric connection at Balatari village in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram.

A new UN report titled Direct and Indirect Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic and Response in South Asia claims that healthcare disruptions caused by Covid-19 may have led to an estimated 228,000 child deaths in South Asia.

The decomposed body of an elephant was found in a forest in Cox’s Bazar.

The body of BNP standing committee member and noted lawyer Moudud Ahmed will be brought back home from Singapore tomorrow (Thursday) evening.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said with obtaining government-provided recognition of prior learning (RPL) certificates, returnee migrant workers will be able to go abroad as “skilled workers”.

Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) and Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry, on March 16, jointly organised a webinar on “Disability Inclusive Skills & Employment Opportunities in the Private Sector”.

A 35-year-old man was stabbed to death during a clash between two groups in Chattogram city’s Agrabad area today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is doing everything for providing the children a better tomorrow as they are the future of the country.

Supporters of Hefajat-e-Islam attacked houses of local Hindus in Sunamganj's Shalla upazila this morning.