At least nine UK universities want to set up campuses in Bangladesh to provide higher education of international standard.

Italy’s competition watchdog said today it had fined Facebook 7 million euros ($8.5 million) for not complying with a request by the regulator to correct improper commercial practices in the group’s treatment of user data.

A delegation of senior diplomats of 24 countries, including Bangladesh, began a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir for making an assessment of the situation post the abrogation of the erstwhile state's special status in 2019.

After two hours of blockade on Dhaka-Sylhet highway, transport workers have removed the barricade after assurance from police.

The minimum age for Covid-19 vaccination will remain 40 for now, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

China will pay a price for its human rights abuses, US President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday, responding to queries at a televised event on the Asian nation’s handling of Muslim minorities in its far western region of Xinjiang.

The High Court today confirmed the death penalty of 10 leaders and activists of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) for attempting to kill Awami League leader and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by planting a 76kg bomb at Kotalipara in 2000.

Australia on Wednesday said promised laws forcing tech giants to pay media outlets for content had already succeeded after reports that publisher and broadcaster Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd agreed on a licensing deal with Google.

The word “liberation” is one that has a very broad meaning. The meaning of it has many aspects, and is not only confined to the political context. One might be born in a liberated nation, but may not necessarily lead a liberated life. To me, the meaning of liberation is a combination of freedom of expression, personal empowerment and freedom from social stereotyping.

The government today set the prices of edible oil in the local markets to tame the skyrocketing price in the domestic markets, and to curb price manipulation by a section of unscrupulous traders.

Around 25 students of Barishal University were injured after miscreants attacked them at their hostels in the city’s Rupatoli area early today.

The death reference (lower court documents) of Faisal Arefin Dipan murder case, in which eight activists of Ansar al Islam were sentenced to death, has reached the High Court.

A winter storm that left millions without power in record-breaking cold weather claimed more lives Tuesday, including three people found dead after a tornado hit a seaside town in North Carolina and four family members who perished in a Houston-area house fire while using a fireplace to stay warm.

A sedition case has been filed against four people including Swedish-Bangladeshi journalist Tasneem Khalil and Hungary-based entrepreneur Zulkarnain Saer Khan over the Al Jazeera report titled "All the Prime Minister's Men".

Locals and relatives of a patient, who they said had died of wrong treatment, vandalised a trauma centre in Cumilla town, police said.

US President Joe Biden plans to recalibrate US relations with Saudi Arabia and will communicate through Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz rather than Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said yesterday.

A teacher of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has been fired for sexually harassing a female student.

The Agriculture ministry today launched automated issuance of plant health certificates to facilitate fast clearance of exports and imports of plant and plant products.

The winners of an essay competition on “What Liberation Means to Me” have been announced at an event at the Indian High Commission, Dhaka, yesterday.

India’s enforcement directorate today said it has attached more than 17 crore rupees bank deposits in connection with its case of alleged money laundering against two entities of Amnesty International (India).