Firebrand Indian television anchor Arnab Goswami knew of the Modi government's plan to stage a strike in Pakistan days before the February 26, 2019, Balakot episode between the two countries, evidence submitted by Mumbai police as part of an ongoing investigation on manipulation of television ratings suggests, multiple Indian media outlets reported on Saturday.

India will soon supply some shots of Covid-19 vaccine, in addition to those from Serum Institute, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested three persons from Feni early today on charges of possesion of drugs.

A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze 72 bank accounts of Md Shahidullah, managing director of Crest Securities Ltd, in connection with a money laundering case.

An alleged robber was beaten to death by a mob while another was injured in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogtam early today.

US President Donald Trump at this point is opting not to issue a pardon for himself as he prepares an expansive list of more than 100 pardons and commutations for release on Tuesday, a source familiar with the effort said.

Ferry services on the key Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed 10 hours after suspension due to dense fog.

A couple was killed after a bus hit their motorcycle in Dhaka airport area this morning.

The Bahrain government has regularised visas of 30,000 Bangladeshis amid the COVID-19 pandemic under the nine-month general amnesty (from April to December) last year with 25,000 more irregular Bangladeshis there.

A 21-year-old man was sent to jail yesterday for raping a 20-year-old woman in Siddhirganj area of Narayanganj.

Law enforcement officials battened down statehouses across the country on Sunday in anticipation of potentially violent protests by Trump supporters who believe the baseless claim that electoral fraud robbed the president of a second term.

Russian police detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny at passport control after he flew home to Russia on Sunday, his lawyer, the prison service and Reuters witnesses said.

Thomas Mueller set up one goal and scored a second-half winner as Bayern Munich struggled past Freiburg 2-1 on Sunday to snap their opponents' five-game winning run and extend their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to four points.

Rock producer Phil Spector, who changed the sound of pop music in the 1960s with his “Wall of Sound” recordings and was convicted of murder for the 2003 murder of a Hollywood actress, has died at age 81 of Covid-19, according to media reports on Sunday.

Bangladesh Awami League today named the members of its international affairs subcommittee for 2019-2022.

A tribunal in Bogura today granted bail to suspended Sramik League leader Tufan Sarker in a sensational case filed for abducting and raping a student in 2017.

Several thousand people held an unauthorised protest in Amsterdam on Sunday against a national lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, before being dispersed by riot police.

The stock market regulator of Bangladesh will exchange views with London Stock Exchange soon in a bid to improve the country's capital market.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said skills in foreign language is a prerequisite to make progress in the labour migration sector.

India has vaccinated 224,301, in two days of its massive Covid-19 vaccination programme so far with the number being much higher than many other countries such as the USA, the UK and France, the Indian health ministry said tonight.