All long route buses from Dhaka will remain suspended from tomorrow.

A lighter vessel capsized at Karnaphuli river this evening after it collided with an oil tanker.

Movement of all launches, speedboats and, passenger trawlers has been suspended from Shimulia in Munshiganj to Banglabazar in Madaripur. However, ferries will run under emergency services as per government instructions, reports our Munshiganj correspondent quoting BIWTA official.

The daily Covid-19 positivity rate in Pabna, one of the districts where the spread of the virus had been under control, quadrupled today to 16.44 percent in the span of two days.

​From the bordering districts throughout Bangladesh, Covid-19 detection rate is now alarmingly high -- reaching to over 14%.

Turkish Airlines today announced to increase the number of direct flights between Bangladesh and Europe.

The U.N. rights chief said on Monday she was "deeply disturbed" by reports of continued violations including executions in Ethiopia's Tigray region, and added that a long-awaited joint investigation should be ready by August.

Police today arrested former Hefajat-e-Islam leader Nasir Uddin Munir, who was the joint assistant secretary of the committee dissolved in April this year, in Chattogram over the mayhem surrounding the outfit’s protest of the Indian prime minister’s visit in late March.

The Indian Health Ministry today said no scientific evidences have been found linking Covid-19 vaccination with infertility in men and women.

Brazil's death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 500,000 on Saturday as experts warn that the world's second-deadliest outbreak may worsen due to delayed vaccinations and the government's refusal to back social distancing measures.

The UN refugee agency’s (UNHCR’s) goodwill ambassador Tahsan Khan yesterday visited Cox's Bazar and met with Rohingya refugees to learn about their experiences on World Refugee Day.

State Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed today handed over a cheque of Tk 25 lakh to the wife of an expatriate worker who died in an accident in Saudi Arabia recently.

Britain recorded 9,284 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday and six new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test.

Belgian police found the body on Sunday of a fugitive soldier who went missing a month ago with a stash of weapons after threatening a virologist and his family, the Belgian federal prosecutors' office said.

Myanmar's junta leader has flown out of the country to attend a conference in Moscow, state media reported on Sunday, his second trip abroad since seizing power in February.

The Bangladesh Forest Department has recovered 2,468 acres of forest land from grabbers in the last eight months.

​The first underground metro rail in Bangladesh will connect Dhaka airport, Kamalapur railway station and Purbachal. This 31.24 km long Mass Rapid Transit Line-1 or MRT-1 is planned to incorporate an underground section from Dhaka airport to Kamalapur and an elevated section from Notun Bazar to Purbachal.

A parliamentary body today expressed its utter disappointment over the absence of director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) at its meeting.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked members of Bangladesh Army to stay prepared in facing any disaster alongside safeguarding country’s sovereignty.

Rail communication of northern and southern districts with Dhaka has been suspended for nearly five hours now after a railway crane overturned in Bhangura upazila of Pabna.