Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid foundation stone of Kumudini International Institute of Medical Sciences and Cancer Research (KIIMS CaRe) in Narayanganj town today.

A newly-married couple was burned to death as fire broke out at a house in Pirojpur’s Mathbaria upazila early today.

Fourteen people, including eight women and a child, were killed and four others injured as a minibus collided with a lorry in Kurnool district of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh early today, police said.

White House deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo has resigned, the day after he was suspended for issuing a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover his relationship with another reporter.

The United States damaged multilateral cooperation and the World Health Organization in recent years, and should not be “pointing fingers” at China and other countries that supported the WHO during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese Embassy said on Saturday.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Myanmar’s major cities for a ninth straight day of anti-coup demonstrations on Sunday, after a fearful night as residents formed patrols and the army rolled back laws protecting freedoms.

Education ministry has extended the ongoing closure of educational institutions till February 28 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Three people were killed as a bus hit a battery-run easy-bike on Khulna-Satkhira highway in Dumuria upazila of Khulna last night.

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has hit off the coast of eastern Japan, shaking buildings and triggering widespread blackouts, but there appeared to be no major damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Dhaka organised a gala programme to celebrate the Lunar New Year 2021.

Freedom fighter and Sikder Group Chairman Zainul Haque Sikder will be laid to rest tomorrow at his village home at Bhedarganj in Shariatpur.

Another body was recovered from the chemical factory in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila today, raising the death toll from the fire incident to three.

The chief of Bangladesh Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed returned home on Friday morning, wrapping up his official trip to the United States of America.

With cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and writer Mushtaq Ahmed still behind bars for over nine months, a group of citizens, including teachers and activists, took to the street demanding that the government abolish the Digital Security Act (DSA).

Jammu and Kashmir will get back the state status at “an appropriate time,” Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said today.

Thirteen 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).

Rail communication of Sylhet with other parts of the country remained suspended since this afternoon after an oil-carrying train derailed in Kulaura of Moulvibazar.

Police recovered the body of a madrasa student from Chapainawabganj town this morning.

At least five people were injured as supporters of Awami League and BNP mayoral candidates clashed and exploded crude bombs in Rajshahi’s Charghat today, a day before the municipality goes into election.

Shaheen Reza Nur, former executive editor of the daily Ittefaq and elder son of Shaheed journalist Sirajuddin Hossain, died of cancer at the age of 67.