Hygienic menstrual practices are very low among adolescent girls aged between 15 and 19 years, revealed a study.

An opposition-ruled Indian state said on Thursday it had asked the government to halt the supply of a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine until its efficacy could be proven in an ongoing late-stage trial.

Nine 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).

A policeman was killed in a road accident in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila today.

A shipbreaking yard worker died today, five days after he suffered burn injuries in a fire at a ship in Chattogram’s Sitakunda on February 6.

Bangladesh has expressed its interest to enter into a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Maldives within the purview of the WTO provisions, to harness the trade potentials.

Tech giant Dell Technologies has appointed Sonia Bashir Kabir to its Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) CXO Advisory Board. Twenty-two members across Asia have been chosen to join Dell’s APJ CXO Advisory Board.

The African Union’s disease control body said on Thursday that it was not “walking away” from AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, after trial data showed it had greatly reduced efficacy against the coronavirus variant dominant in South Africa.

At least six Bangladeshis have been killed in a factory fire in Saudi Arabian city of Madina on Wednesday night.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said she has released Tk 1,000 crore to construct 50,000 more houses for the homeless and landless people.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today sentenced three people of Gafargaon upazila in Mymensingh to jail unto death for their crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who had voiced concern over farmers’ protests in India, called Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday and sought Covid-19 vaccine made in India for his country.

A Dhaka court today asked police to submit by March 2 the probe report in a case filed against Fardin Iftekhar Dihan over the rape and murder of an English medium school student in Dhaka's Kalabagan area.

Twitter will not allow former president Donald Trump back on the platform even if he runs for office again, the company's chief financial officer said Wednesday.

The government will not provide on-spot registration facility for Covid-19 vaccination any more, said health minister Zahid Maleque.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today laid emphasis on increasing the foreign direct investment (FDI) into the economic zones, placing Bangladesh on a higher development trajectory to achieve the dream of “Sonar Bangla”.

A former principal of Ispahani Girls' School and College died after a train hit him in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar area this morning.

Women still face a massive gender bias in science careers worldwide, UNESCO reported on Wednesday, with several rich western nations way behind poorer ones in terms of gender equality.

India and China have begun disengagement of troops on the two banks of strategically-located Pangong Lake along the de-facto border in eastern Ladakh which has seen a tense military standoff between the two sides for nearly nine months.

The coronavirus variant first found in the British region of Kent is likely to sweep around the world and the battle with the virus is going to go on for at least a decade, the head of the UK’s genetic surveillance programme said.