A High Court bench today observed that the punishment for money laundering should be enhanced from the existing 12 years' imprisonment to life imprisonment considering the gravity of the offence.

Bangladesh will get 1,27,92,000 vaccines from the COVAX programme, led by the World Health Organization and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

The cabinet committee on government purchase today approved a proposal to import 1 lakh tonnes of rice under the two conditions from Myanmar.

In line with the government’s promise to keep the price of rice stable, the country has so far imported a total of 56,391 tonnes of rice which reached the country from India through various land ports--Bhomra, Darshana, Benapole, Sona Masjid, Hili, Burimari, Banglabanda and Sheola, as of yesterday.

Cancer survivors, caregivers and medical experts today said empathy towards cancer patients and proper treatment instead of fear or social stigma can save millions of lives each year.

A senior engineer of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), a construction firm and a sub-contractor were fined Tk 7 lakh by the Department of Environment (DoE) today, for razing hills in Bandarban’s Lama upazila.

Four rights organisations filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government for steps to stop the display of any photographs of smoking and the use of tobacco products in films and dramas in line with the relevant provisions of law.

India's Serum Institute will supply 1.1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Novavax to the COVAX vaccine scheme as part of a new long-term deal, the head of the UN Children's Fund said on Wednesday.

Inflation dropped to 5.02 percent in January thanks to arrival of winter vegetables that contributed to the decline in prices last month, data by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) showed.

The Indian government has directed Twitter to comply with its order to remove content and accounts related to “farmer genocide hashtags” and warned the microblogging platform may face "penal action" for non-compliance of the order, sources said.

The prosecution today completed their closing arguments and sought capital punishment for all six Ansar al Islam leaders and activists in the case filed over killing blogger and writer Avijit Roy in February 2015.

Britain’s health chief said that a new study suggesting that a single dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine provides a high level of protection for 12 weeks supports the government’s strategy of delaying the second shot so it can protect more people quickly with a first dose.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed the authorities concerned to take action against those responsible for flawed designs that lead to project revision, driving up costs.

A Dhaka tribunal today denied bail to Md Salauddin Ahmed, former BNP lawmaker from Demra, and sent him to jail in a case filed over torching a bus in 2015.

Two fugitive members of the banned militant outfit Jamaa't-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh were arrested during a raid by the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Police at Chattogram today.

The High Court today observed that journalists are curious and they will seek information.

Bangladesh has confidence in China that it will continue to help repatriate the Rohingyas, despite the fact that the veto power at the UN Security Council on Tuesday blocked a Council statement condemning the military coup in Myanmar.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today confirmed that Bangladesh has secured its border with Myanmar to check further influx of Rohingyas following the military coup in the neighbouring country.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today approved a project of Tk 4,347.21 crore to develop Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) as a state of the art and international standard greener economic zone of the country.

Some 74,000 people have registered online as of this morning to take vaccines ahead of the countrywide inoculation campaign slated to begin on February 7, Prof ABM Khurshid Alam, the director general of the health directorate said.