Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that government is planning to set up a new diplomatic zone at Purbachal in Dhaka due to shortage of land in Gulshan and Baridhara diplomatic zone.

Myanmar Navy released 20 Bangladeshi fishermen, who were detained by the force eight hours ago, after allegedly beating them up.

Amnesty International in a report published today said it was deeply concerned about the recent arbitrary detention and other forms of harassment of artists who are facing increasing attacks on their right to freedom of expression in Bangladesh.

Tk 1273.55 crore proposal for purchasing Covid-19 vaccines approved by Cabinet Committee.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today detained a land officer (tehsildar) along with a broker of Maheshkhali upazila in Cox's Bazar, for their alleged involvement in embezzlement of over Tk 100 crore.

University Grants Commission (UGC) has requested Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) to extend the deadline for 43rd BCS applications till March 31.

India’s Bharat Biotech has applied to conduct trials in Bangladesh for its coronavirus vaccine recently approved for emergency use at home, a senior official at Bangladesh’s main medical research body told Reuters.

Sixteen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8:00am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The High Court today directed the inspector general of police (IGP) to provide security to Kushtia’s Bheramara Presiding Officer Shahjahan Ali and his family, after he claimed to the court that he was called to Daulatpur Police Station and was forced to sign some papers.

The cabinet division today submitted a report to the High Court, saying that murals of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman have been placed in 62 districts and 383 upazilas across the country in line with its earlier directive.

A fire has broken out again in the same building of Serum Institute of India in Pune where five people were killed in a blaze in the afternoon today.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking its directive on the government to reopen all educational institutions immediately, considering the present situation of the country.

India has formally handed over 20 lakh doses of Covishield (Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India) as “gift” to Bangladesh at a ceremony in State Guest House Padma in Dhaka today.

A microbus carrying passengers drowned in the Padma River today while it was getting on a ferry at Paturia ferry terminal in Manikganj.

Nobody should panic about getting access to a Covid-19 vaccine because everyone who wants one will get one, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia ghat, on the Padma river, resumed six hours after being suspended due to dense fog.

A road accident in Bandarban today killed three people and critically injured four others when a human hauler, commonly known as “Chander Gari,” fell into a roadside ditch in Thanchi upazila.

Officials of Dhaka North City Corporation faced obstruction when they were conducting an eviction drive in Mirpur section 11, block-C today.

US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump wrote a very generous letter to him.

Here is how world leaders are reacting to US President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, replacing Donald Trump.