Bangladesh will never form ties with anyone compromising on the spirit of the 1971 Liberation War. The country will never betray the blood of its 30 lakh martyrs.

Regulators authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population.

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut will portray the role of former Indian premier Indira Gandhi in an upcoming political drama.

BNP-nominated mayoral candidate for Moulvibazar municipality has boycotted the election, a day before the polls.

Novavax Inc said on Thursday its coronavirus vaccine was 89.3% effective in preventing COVID-19 in a trial conducted in the United Kingdom, and was nearly as effective in protecting against the more highly contagious variant first discovered in the UK, according to a preliminary analysis.

Bangladesh and India today agreed to hold a series of secretary-level talks. These talks will include Joint Rivers Commission in the run up to the summit meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her counterpart Narendra Modi in Dhaka this March.

A minor improvised explosive device blast took place outside the Israeli embassy in the heart of central Delhi this evening, but there were no casualties or injuries, the police said.

The United Nations and Western governments voiced alarm on Friday over threats by Myanmar's military that have stirred fears of a coup in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent.

Johnson & Johnson on Friday said its single-dose vaccine was 72% effective in preventing Covid-19 in the United States but a lower rate of 66% was observed globally in the large trial conducted across three continents and against multiple variants.

In a victory for environmentalists, a Dutch appeals court has said that the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell was responsible for multiple oil pipeline leaks in the Niger Delta and ordered it to pay unspecified damages to farmers.

Britain hailed a new visa offering Hong Kong citizens a route to citizenship after China’s crackdown but Beijing said it would no longer recognise special British passports offered to residents of the former colony.

Pakistan’s government appealed to the Supreme Court to review its decision to free an Islamist convicted of kidnapping and beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a day after the United States expressed “deep concerns” over the ruling.

The house of second accused in Agartala conspiracy case Shaheed Lt Commander Moazzem Hossain in Paschim Dumritla village of Pirojpur’s Sadar upazila was burnt to ashes this morning.

Wall Street braced on Friday for the return of an army of amateur investors to trading in GameStop and other hot stocks whose surges this week and subsequent suspension have pitched the little guy against short-selling hedge funds.

A World Health Organization team on Friday visited a hospital where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago as part of the experts’ long-awaited fact-finding mission on the origins of the coronavirus.

Seven people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A man was killed when an under-construction wall fell on him at Agrabad area of the port city this afternoon.

Chalanbil's freshwater shutki (dried fish) is in demand all over the country. However, due to lack of competitive markets, the sole proprietor in the region is paying exploitative amounts to the fishermen and those who prepare the shutki.

Covid-19 vaccines have started to reach Rajshahi division, Sylhet division, Barishal division and Bogura district in the country today.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has invited new US Secretary of State Antony John Blinken to visit Bangladesh and attend the celebrations of the Birth Centenary of the Father of the Nation and the Golden Jubilee of the country’s independence.