A city in northern China is building a 3,000-unit quarantine facility to deal with an anticipated overflow of patients as COVID-19 cases rise ahead of the annual Lunar New Year travel rush.

Two people were killed and two others critically injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck at the Ghuga Bridge area on the Dhaka-Bogura highway in the evening today.

A Pakistan International Airlines plane has been held back by Malaysian authorities due to a British court case over the jet’s lease, the airline said on Friday, adding it would pursue the matter through diplomatic channels.

A man was shot dead along the Jhalangi border in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila allegedly by members of India’s Border Security Force (BSF).

Twitter Inc on Thursday said it will transfer institutional White House Twitter accounts to Biden administration when the US President-elect swears in on January 20.

Roads and Highways Department officials today started repairing one side of Salehpur bridge on Dhaka-Aricha highway after the officials detected cracks on a girder Wednesday afternoon.

Criminal Investigation Department has submitted a supplementary charge sheet in the Maj Gen Abul Manzur murder case where they found nothing new in the further investigation for the last seven years.

A mobile court at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport fined Turkish Airlines Tk three lakh for bringing three passengers who didn't have Covid-19 negative certificate.

The ongoing closure of all educational institutions in the country have been extended again till January 30, 2021 due to Covid-19 pandemic.

A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to arrange a special compartment for female passengers in every train for ensuring their security and privacy.

At least ten people, including the wife of an independent mayor candidate and a journalist, were injured in a clash between supporters of ruling Awami League mayor candidate and rebel candidate during the election campaign of Bhedarganj municipality election campaign at Shariatpur’s East Gaydda today.

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

Police today recovered the body of a seven-year-old girl, who were abducted three days ago, from Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh.

Two motorcyclists were killed when a truck hit a motorcycle at Zero Point area of ​​Khulna-Satkhira highway in Khulna this morning.

After a rigorous three-step application process spanning over five months, twenty-two changemakers have been selected for the second cohort of Acumen Fellows in Bangladesh, according to a press release issued in this regard.

An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) succumbed to injuries after being stabbed by rivals in Chattogram's Bakalia area this morning.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the start of pan-India rollout of Covid-19 vaccination drive tomorrow (Saturday) via video conferencing in what his office termed as the world’s largest inoculation programme.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds today, with the meteorological agency warning of aftershocks, possibly strong enough to trigger a tsunami.

Yemenis fear a U.S. decision to blacklist the Houthi movement could further isolate them from the global financial system, depriving the war-battered country of vital remittances and hampering the flow of imports.

Oil prices dipped today as surging coronavirus cases in Europe and new lockdowns in China renewed worries about global oil demand and eclipsed bullish signals from Chinese import data and U.S. crude oil stocks draws.