Singapore Airlines (SIA) began operating flights on Thursday with full sets of crew members vaccinated against COVID-19 as the city-state seeks to rejuvenate its status as an international travel hub.

Anti-coup protesters on Thursday took to the streets of Myanmar for a sixth consecutive day, after US President Joe Biden announced sanctions against the Southeast Asian nation’s generals and demanded they relinquish power.

The motorcade of Abdul Quader Mirza, the newly elected mayor of Noakhali's Basurhat municipality, allegedly came under attack in Daganbhuiyan upazila of Feni this morning.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked members of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP to motivate rural people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine to eliminate the pandemic.

A show-cause notice has been issued against Awami League mayor candidate Hasan Qadir as a party leader, in his presence, taught fellow party leaders and activists "a trick" to win the Alamdanga municipality mayoral polls.

A special court in Kolkata sentenced Kausar alias "Boma Mizan", a leader of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, to 29 years’ imprisonment in a case filed over explosion at a house in West Bengal's Burdwan district in October 2014.

House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump’s impeachment trial for inciting the deadly siege of the Capitol played chilling security video on Wednesday showing members of the pro-Trump mob searching the building for his vice president, chanting: “Hang Mike Pence!”

US President Joe Biden said he had approved an executive order paving the way for new sanctions on Myanmar military officers and their businesses after the military detained elected leaders and seized power on February 1.

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine should be given in two doses with an interval of 8 to 12 weeks, and should also be used in people aged 65 and older, a World Health Organization (WHO) panel said.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the South Pacific region, triggering tsunami warnings and calls for residents to avoid beaches and shore areas.

People with controlled chronic diseases, homeopathy and traditional medicine receivers can take Covid-19 vaccines, an official release said today.

The Covid-19 vaccination campaign for foreign diplomats has begun in Bangladesh with over 30 getting vaccinated on the opening day, at the Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital in Dhaka.

Bangladesh has called for enhanced international cooperation in tackling adverse impacts of climate change on labour, human rights and health.

Twenty-one eminent citizens of the country called upon authorities to rectify some errors in a chapter on Bangladeshi political parties in a secondary level textbook on civics in grades IX and X.

A man was killed and another was injured after being allegedly stabbed by suspected drug peddlers in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area this evening.

A woman was killed and at least two others were injured in a clash over land dispute in Panchagarh's Boda upazila today.

A probe body of Jatiya Muktijoddha Council will meet soon to look into the legal aspects of revoking gallantry awards given to late president Ziaur Rahman and killers of Bangabandhu and their patronisers.

Palestinians opened election registration offices in Gaza and the West Bank on Wednesday, one day after rival factions agreed steps to ensure that the first elections in 15 years go ahead.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government has taken up many programmes to turn the country's youth into skilled manpower.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it carried out a drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport which the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen said caused a fire in a civilian aircraft.