Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami says in a tweet that the country’s “cherished partner Bangladesh” has no cause for alarm over receiving the Covid-19 vaccine on time because India always prioritises its neighbours.

Miscreants tried to rob a branch of Rupali Bank in Bogura’s Gabtali upazila early today by throwing acid and stabbing two Ansar security guards but they failed to break the bank vault.

Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech today pledged “a smooth rollout of Covid-19 vaccines to India and the world”.

The High Court today issued travel ban against 25 accomplices of Proshanta Kumar Halder including his mother Lilaboti Halder so that Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) can question them about money laundering allegations.

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

Coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford will cost USD three to four per shot (Rs 219-292) to the Indian government and will be priced at double that rate in private market once such sales open up, reports PTI quoting the CEO of its Indian manufacturer as saying on Monday.

Turnover of the Dhaka bourse stood over Tk 2,500 crore today -- highest in last one decade.

Police recovered body of a university student from the street in Dhaka’s Darussalam area early today.

A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to Erfan Salim, son of Awami League MP Haji Md Salim, in two cases filed for possessing walkie-talkies and foreign liquor.

The National Central Bureau (NCB) of Bangladesh Police has requested Interpol to issue a red alert on Proshanta Kumar Halder, better known as PK Halder, who allegedly laundered over Tk 10,000 crore of four non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) abroad.

Rab Director General Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun today said they filed the cases against Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker and Awami League leader Haji Md Salim, based on evidence they found during drives at his house in October last year.

While investigating an abduction case, India's Assam police have stumbled upon a culvert in Karimganj district -- which borders Bangladesh -- that might have been used as a secret and illegal route between the two countries.

Brac University is going to continue Student Assistance Fund for another semester (Spring 2021).

An idol of Hindu goddess Kali was vandalised by unidentified criminals at a temple in Thakurgaon’s Pirganj upazila on Sunday night.

Merchandise export in December declined by 6.11 percent, year on year, to $3.30 billion because of drop in garment products export -- an impact of Covid-19 fallout, according to data from the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in Covid-19 cases that threatens to overwhelm parts of the health system before a vaccine programme reaches a critical mass.

A man has allegedly killed his wife and five-month-old daughter in Rajshahi's Puthia upazila last night.

Mexico approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use Monday, hoping to spur a halting vaccination effort that has only given about 44,000 shots since the third week of December, about 82percent of the doses the country has received.

Julian Assange is “free to return home” to Australia once legal challenges against him are dealt with, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, after a UK court denied a request to extradite the Wikileaks founder to the United States.

Saudi Arabia will reopen its borders and airspace to Qatar, US and Kuwaiti officials said Monday, a major step towards ending a diplomatic rift that has seen Riyadh lead an alliance isolating Doha.