An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police was killed after being hit by a truck at Kumira area in Sitakunda.

The government has taken initiatives to build 100 new technical training centres including specialised ones to send skilled workers to international labour market, said Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today.

India today said that as a member of the UN Security Council, it is engaged on the issue of Myanmar and will remain committed to continuing its humanitarian support for the people of that country in mitigating the health and economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic.

Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram today shut down a dyeing factory for polluting Beerja canal by releasing untreated substance into it.

Leading diplomats and advocates for action on climate change have praised the Bangladesh government for its extraordinary capacity of early warning and disaster preparedness.

The High Court today started hearing on a petition of convicted war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee, challenging the lower court order that framed charges against him in a case filed for embezzling Tk 1.27 crore from Islamic Foundation's Zakat Fund.

Bangladesh’s Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Thursday the Serum Institute of India (SII) had delayed the first supplies of a Covid-19 vaccine for private sale, instead prioritising government immunisation campaigns.

Governments and developers around the world are exploring the potential use of “vaccine passports” as a way of reopening the economy by identifying those protected against the coronavirus.

Two persons were killed after trains hit them in Dhaka’s Dakshinkhan and Khilkhet areas this morning.

Germany’s financial watchdog Bafin has ordered Goldman Sachs to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.

Jeff Bezos has decided to step down as chief executive of Amazon to focus on new products and early initiatives. Bezos, who will remain executive chair, will hand over chief executive responsibilities to Amazon Web Services chief executive Andy Jassy. The surprise news came on Tuesday after Amazon released its latest financial result, recording $100 billion in sales for the last three months of 2020. However, knowing Jeff Bezos, this move was possibly in the works for quite a while.

Rab officials have seized Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment worth around Tk five crore and arrested three persons from different areas in Dhaka.

Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants today urged the foreign ministry to take immediate steps for the release of four Bangladeshis who were detained, imprisoned and sentenced recently by Qatar authorities.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned 14 'aides' of former NRB Global Bank’s Managing Director Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder in connection with laundering crores of taka from International Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (ILFSL).

Delhi police today lodged an FIR against teen climate campaigner Greta Thunberg’s tweets supporting the farmers’ protest, reports NDTV. She has been accused of “criminal conspiracy and promoting enmity” through her tweets regarding the farmers protest in India.

A Dhaka tribunal today set February 16 to deliver the judgment against six members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam in blogger and writer Avijit Roy murder case.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former managing director of Standard Bank Mamun-ur-Rashid and seven others for allegedly amassing about Tk 4 crore of the bank.

The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes Covid-19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said on Thursday, as researchers began to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots.

Anti-terrorism Unit claimed to have arrested five leaders including acting chief of the banned militant group Allah’r Dal from Dhaka’s Farmgate and Mohammadpur areas yesterday.

A worker of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant died when a piece of wood fell on him early today.