The development projects of two important segments of the Bangladesh railway network are now halted. The project of Joydebpur-Ishwardi section, vital for connectivity with the north-western part of this country, and Akhaura-Sylhet, crucial for the north-east, are supposed to be implemented by Chinese construction companies, and financed by China. However, stating various reasons, Chinese partners are now backing out.

More food is making its way to Yemenis most in need after donors heeded United Nations warnings about impending famine, but aid groups said the world's largest humanitarian operation still does not have enough cash to see out 2021.

A parliamentary body today recommended that informal modes of transport such as Nosimon, Korimon and easy-bikes should be brought under registration.

At least 10 people were killed in Syrian army artillery attacks and Russian air raids this week in a spike in bombardments in the last major area of the country still in rebel hands, witnesses and civil defence officials said.

The health directorate has asked all private Covid-19 testing laboratories to stop running sample collection booths outside hospitals that have been set up for outgoing passengers to foreign destinations.

Around 45 homes, accommodating nearly 23,000 people in two unions of Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali got electricity connection today through a submarine cable line from Bhola’s Char Fasson upazila.

Canada will soon unveil measures to crack down on online extremism following the killing of a Muslim family, a crime that police said was inspired by hate, a government minister said on Wednesday.

The Biden administration plans to donate 500 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses to about 100 countries over the next two years, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Developed countries will not be protected from the effects of climate change unless they take vulnerable countries on board, experts said yesterday ahead of the G7 summit.

A railway employee was killed today after a train hit him at Dinajpur’s Hili Railway Station when he was crossing the tracks during a lunch break, police said.

Officers-in-charge of Bijoynagar and Nasirnagar Police Stations in Brahmanbaria have been transferred.

Professor Dr Md Hasibur Rashid of Management Information Systems Department of Dhaka University has been appointed vice-chancellor (VC) of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) for four years.

​As the bordering districts face a surge in Covid-19 cases and the country is on the threshold of another wave, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has published a report on the inadequate pandemic management in Bangladesh.

Malaysia and Taiwan are expecting deliveries of AstraZeneca (AZN.L) Covid-19 vaccines manufactured in Thailand to be delayed, officials said this week, the latest countries to report a holdup with orders from the Thai plant.

The Department of Political Science of Chittagong University has been criticised for issuing a notification asking its students not to write anything on social media.

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the lawsuit filed by actor-environmentalist Juhi Chawla against the setting up of 5G wireless networks in the country, and also imposed a fine of Rs 20 lakh for the abuse of the process of law.

UN human rights experts today called on leaders of the world’s largest economies to make sure people in the Global South get equal access to Covid-19 vaccines and not to allow the profit motive to undermine global health and equity.

Two members of a transnational racket today confessed to a magistrate that they were involved in trafficking young women and girls to India for one year.

A fishing trawler sank in the Karnaphuli river in Chattogram early today.

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today directed the concerned officials to collect paddy from actual farmers.