Cox's Bazar CSO-NGO Forum (CCNF) has called for taking up special rehabilitation programmes for local educational institutions and students affected by the Rohingya influx in Cox's Bazar in 2017.

Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died today. He was 87.

Four people died and nine others went missing after a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal, nearly 65 kilometers away from St Martin’s Island early today.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has asked to withdraw the hartal called for Companyganj upazila tomorrow.

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) today suggested forming a specialised bank or fund along with formulation of cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) act, to recover losses the economy faced due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today suggested that a vast country like India should have four capitals on a rotation basis.

Detective Branch of police today arrested two poachers with 19 deer hides at Sharankhola upazila, said Pankaj Chandra Roy, superintendent of Bagerhat police, at a press briefing.

The total number of deceased due to coronavirus infection in the country has crossed the 8,000 mark with 22 new deaths recorded in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Due to the abysmally low conviction rates in rape cases, an overwhelming majority of rapists in Bangladesh believe that they will get away after raping a girl or woman, said Manusher Jonno Foundation Executive Director Shaheen Anam this morning.

A group of British doctors have written to England’s chief medical officer to tell him to cut the gap between doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine to six weeks from up to 12.

A year ago, a notice sent to smartphones in Wuhan at 2 a.m. announced the world’s first coronavirus lockdown, bringing the bustling central Chinese industrial and transport center to a virtual standstill almost overnight. It would last 76 days.

The government has decided to extend the four-day quarantine period to seven days for incoming passengers from London.

At least two committees have been formed to probe the alleged role of some officials at Kashimpur Central Jail-1 in providing special treatment to Hallmark Group's GM Tushar Ahmed in violation of the prison manual, officials have said.

Nagorik Samaj, a platform of civil society members, has called an eight-hour hartal in Companyganj upazila of Noakhali from 6:00am tomorrow in protest against remarks made on Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader's family.

Language Movement veteran Ali Taher Majumdar passed away this morning. He was 100 years old.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Covid-19 vaccination rollout virtually at the Kurmitola General Hospital on Wednesday.

Brother of the Ashuganj upazila chairman was killed and eight others were injured in an attack by rivals in Brahmanbaria early today.

Covaxin, India's first indigenous vaccine against Covid-19, showed enhanced immune response without any serious side effects in the participants of phase one trial, according to results published in reputed medical journal “The Lancet Infectious Diseases” yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that her government would ensure accommodation for all marking Mujib Borsho.

Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of February 8, the first time a former president will face such charges after leaving office.