The 20 lakh doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine -- “gift” from Indian government -- will reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka around 1:30pm tomorrow.

A Bill titled “The Iodised Salt Bill, 2021” was placed at the parliament today, aiming to ensure proportionate mix of iodine in salt and regulate the salt market in the country.

The UK coronavirus strain has been detected in at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, 10 more than a week ago.

Moderna Inc said on Tuesday it had received a report from California’s health department that several people at a centre in San Diego were treated for possible allergic reactions to its Covid-19 vaccine from a particular batch.

A judicial magistrate of Kushtia has filed a complaint, bringing allegation of misconduct against Superintendent of Police (SP) of Kushtia SM Tanvir Arafath.

A man was killed after a pick-up van hit him in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar Beribandh area this morning.

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma met with 100 rural teachers in China via a video meeting on Wednesday, local government media reported, making the businessman’s first appearance in public since October.

The COVID-19 pandemic could be the catalyst for much-needed reform of the World Health Organization just as the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 forced urgent changes at the U.N. nuclear agency, an independent review panel said yesterday.

The Trump administration has determined that China has committed “genocide and crimes against humanity” in its repression of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today, delivering an embarrassing blow to Beijing a day before U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is to take office.

Bangladesh’s jute industry is passing exceptional times.

Bangladesh is getting ready to launch its second satellite "Bangabandhu Satellite-2" by 2023.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police today arrested the driver of Ajmeri Glory Paribahan that hit and ran over a couple in the capital’s Airport area on Monday morning.

Uganda accused the US ambassador today of seeking to subvert last week’s presidential election by trying to visit the main opposition candidate at his home, which has been surrounded by security forces since the vote.

It has been decided that a minimum fee will be charged for integrated university admission test.

Police have arrested an official of Narcotics Control Department and two of his associates on charge of looting gold by pretending to be members of detective branch of police.

The authorities of Khulna University have decided to terminate three teachers of the university for expressing their solidarity with a student movement at the university in 2020.

A Noakhali court today sentenced a woman to death for arson against her visually impaired husband.

A court in Manikganj today sentenced five people to death for killing a former union parishad member in Manikganj’s Gheor upazila in 2013.

Of the 62 rivers in Barishal division, one-fourth have lost navigability forcing water vessel owners to suspend operations in and around 460km of 27 waterways.

The outstanding bills of six gas distribution companies of the country amount to Tk 9,018.04 crore, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told parliament today.