Two police personnel were injured after a few men suspected to be illegally extracting sand attacked a mobile court drive at Perachhara area of Khagrachhari.

Twenty science and technology, and general public universities are set to hold centralised admission tests in June-July.

A court in Narail has issued arrest warrants against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in two separate defamation cases.

Pfizer has not yet delivered to the European Union about 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses that were due in December, EU officials said, leaving it about one-third short of the supplies it had expected by now from the US company.

South Korean Ambassador Lee Jang-keun interacted with UN agencies, local administration and NGOs on how to improve collaborations to resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis during his four-day visit to Cox’s Bazar.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia needed to ensure that its parliamentary vote scheduled for September is free of foreign meddling following mass protests calling for the release of one of his fiercest critics.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged Sri Lanka to invest more in Bangladesh, particularly in its special economic zones (SEZs).

First phase of staggered elections of union parishads (UP) will begin on April 11, the Election Commission said today.

My motherland, Bangladesh was liberated from the Pakistani autocrats on 16th December 1971 sacrificing 3 million lives and 9 months of the blood-shed war. After 49 years of freedom, our nation has progressed technologically and economically but freedom from hunger, freedom from corruption, and education for all are yet to be achieved.

A mobile court of Department of Environment (DoE) today fined four brick kilns Tk 20 lakh for environment pollution in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur.

Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang have kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys from their hostels along with some of teachers in central Nigeria, an official and a security source told AFP Wednesday.

Four weeks into his presidency, Joe Biden says he’s still getting used to the trappings of the office.

Gaza will receive its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday after Israel approved the transfer through its border with the Hamas Islamist-run territory, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

South Africa will administer its first COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, with President Cyril Ramaphosa to get the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) shot alongside health workers.

Sixteen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Nearly 4,000 Indonesian firms, many of them textile companies, have signed up to take part in a proposed scheme that would allow the private sector to purchase Covid-19 vaccines procured by the government and inoculate their staff.

Luna Shamsuddoha, former chairman of Janata Bank, died of cancer today.

Demonstrators in Myanmar gathered Wednesday in their largest numbers so far to protest the military’s seizure of power, as a UN human rights expert warned that troops being brought to Yangon and elsewhere could signal the prospect for major violence.

The High Court directs the BTRC to remove the content of Al Jazeera’s report titled “All the Prime Minister's Men” from all online platforms.

After a sexism row sparked by Tokyo Olympics chief’s saying women talked too much at meetings, Japan’s ruling party wants women at key meetings - but only if they don’t talk.