A massive power breakdown plunged the entire Pakistan into darkness minutes before midnight on Saturday, Energy Minister Omar Ayub confirmed in a statement.

Indonesia detected signals on Sunday that could come from a flight recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea after taking off from the capital Jakarta, as human body parts and suspected pieces of the plane were retrieved.

At least ten people were injured as two factions of ruling Awami League clashed at the Swarnaghosh area of Shariatpur over a speech against drugs in an election campaign of Shariatpur municipality yesterday.

The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed tomorrow.

A 42-year-old labourer, who had taken part in the human trial of India’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech, died nine days later in Madhya Pradesh’s capital city Bhopal, officials said today.

Awami League has come up with an idea to help youths address their career related challenges recognising that youths lack knowledge of career trends and scopes for skills development.

Forest officials today seized a drone from a visitor who was using it without permission to film in the Sundarbans.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Philip have received vaccinations against COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday.

The country’s one of the leading airlines Novoair celebrated its 8th anniversary today through various programs.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion today recovered a body of a college student, buried at a cropland at Chotodap village in Atwary upazila of Panchagarh.

Patuakhali Forest Department has prepared a list of 383 grabbers who have occupied 329.60 acres of land by destroying the forest in Kuakata of the district.

Bringing allegations of corruption against Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, former mayor Sayeed Khokon today said Taposh has lost eligibility for the post.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller has said the story of every democratic nation is of struggle -- imperfect and ongoing.

Iran will expel United Nations nuclear watchdog inspectors unless sanctions are lifted by a Feb. 21 deadline set by the hardline-dominated parliament, a lawmaker said today.

They are all aged below 13, living in the city’s Kamrangirchar area.

Police arrested a married couple on charge of dumping the body of their teenage son in a pond after killing him in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj.

India will start vaccinating its people against Covid-19 from January 16 in the world’s biggest inoculation exercise.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation also known as “physiatry” or rehabilitation medicine is a medical specialty that helps people regain bodily functions they lost due to medical conditions or injury. Rehabilitation can help many bodily functions, including bowel and bladder problems, chewing and swallowing, problems thinking or reasoning, movement or mobility, speech, and language.

A Sriwijaya Air plane with 62 people on board lost contact after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight today and rescuers said suspected debris had been found in the sea off the city.

The Indian army has captured a Chinese soldier from eastern Ladakh, where the countries are locked in months long military standoff, Indian official sources said today.