BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s defence today submitted a petition seeking exemption from her personal appearance in Niko graft case.

Bangladesh has called for greater preparedness for the safety and security of the UN peacekeepers.

Myanmar’s military junta guaranteed today that it would hold an election and hand over power, denied its ouster of an elected government was a coup or that its leaders were detained, and accused protesters of violence and intimidation.

A court in Kurigram today sentenced six accused to death in a case filed over murder of four members of a family.

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

At least 37 people, including 16 women and one child, were killed as a bus carrying them fell into a canal in Sidhi district of India’s Madhya Pradesh this morning, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved nine projects, involving over Tk 19,844 crore.

Myanmar police have filed a second charge against former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, after the military deposed her and seized power in a coup on February 1, her lawyer said today.

Australia’s regulator on Tuesday approved the AstraZeneca vaccine as its second for use against Covid-19.

It was January 27, 1922. Several thousand people including peasants, traders and buyers from different northern districts came to 'Salanga Haat', one of the biggest rural markets in the northern region at that time, for shopping for the whole week.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has handed over a policeman, held from Ghagra border in Panchagarh Sadar upazila, to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

Myanmar’s military denied on Tuesday that its ouster of the elected government was a coup, saying its action was justified because fraud in a November election was not addressed, and it would hand back power after a new election.

Malaysia’s government will repatriate 1,200 Myanmar migrants next week despite a military coup in their home country, but has assured that they will not include minority Muslim Rohingya refugees or those registered with the UN refugee agency.

Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed has said that demeaning the army chief is tantamount to demeaning the prime minister.

A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced five members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam to death and another to life in jail for killing blogger-writer Avijit Roy in February 2015.

A paralysed elderly man burned to death in a slum fire at Patenga area of Chattogram early today.

The United Nations special envoy has warned Myanmar’s army of “severe consequences” for any harsh response to protesters demonstrating against this month’s coup in a call with the military leadership, a UN spokesman said.

Bill Gates exudes optimism in discussing the world’s ability to tackle climate change – until he hits on manufacturing. About that, he is worried.

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologised on Tuesday to a woman who alleged she was raped in the country’s parliament by an unnamed colleague, and promised a thorough investigation into the government’s workplace culture.

The makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations — and regulators are looking to flu as a blueprint if and when the shots need an update.