Eleven 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).

Sparking a fresh row, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said Home Minister Amit Shah, as party's national president, had once shared plans for expansion of Bharatiya Janata Party’s base in Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Some 20-30 lakh more doses of Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh from India on February 22, Nazmul Hassan Papon, Managing Director of Beximco Pharmaceuticals, said today.

India has offered Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh Armed Forces, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today announced that the minimum monthly allowance of valiant freedom fighters will be raised to Tk 20,000, from Tk 12,000.

Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy received Covid-19 vaccine at Narayanganj General Hospital today.

Mohammed Hossen (60), a Rohingya man from Cox’s Bazar’s Kutupalong camp, never thought that he would shift to Bhasan Char. However, well-made accommodation and better facilities than Ukhia Rohingya camp changed his mind.

An upazila chairman was removed from his position after he was found guilty of misappropriating allowances of two of his subordinates in Narsingdi.

Bangladesh’s economy is going through an uneven recovery as larger firms are recovering at a faster pace while small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are falling behind, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said today.

Activists of Greater Khulna Development Movement Coordination Committee (GKDMCC) staged a sit-in this morning in front of Khulna Development Authority (KDA) office, saying there is no development in the region.

A Pakistani lab will soon receive Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine for commercial sale, a company official said on Sunday, making Pakistan one of the first countries to market shots privately as it scrambles to secure supplies.

Australia’s Seven West Media Ltd became the country’s first major news outlet to strike a licensing deal with Google, as the government pushes ahead with a law that would force the internet giant to pay media companies for content.

Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be remanded in detention until Wednesday for a court hearing and will not appear on Monday as initially expected, her lawyer told journalists in the capital Naypyitaw.

The UK government will on Monday introduce mandatory hotel quarantine rules for arrivals from dozens of countries deemed "high risk" for coronavirus variants, as it tries to stop new strains spreading.

Fresh protests erupted in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon on Monday following an overnight internet blackout and the deployment of troops on the streets, according to an AFP photographer.

Security forces in Myanmar opened fire to disperse protesters at a power plant and armoured vehicles rolled into major cities as the new army rulers faced a ninth day of anti-coup demonstrations that saw hundreds of thousands on the streets.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld its chamber judge’s order that stayed the High Court bail to Sohel Rana Biswas, suspended jailer of Chattogram Central Jail, in a money laundering case.

A man was shot to death in Pabna Sadar upazila last night.

Cinema hall owners will get Tk 1,000 crore long-term soft loans under the refinancing scheme of the Bangladesh Bank to construct modern cinema halls and also renovate old ones.

Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc will set up an electric-car manufacturing unit in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, according to a government document seen by Reuters.