Two men were sent to jail today for kidnapping a garment worker in Gazipur, said a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) press release.

A workers’ platform today urged the government to immediately modernise state-owned jute mills and reopen them, saying resumption of mills will ensure employment of about 75,000 workers.

Bangladesh won two gold, two silver and five bronze medals along with six technical awards at the 22nd International Robot Olympiad (IRO) today.

On day one of the Asian Waterbird Census-2021, at least 2,709 birds of 41 different species were found at the char areas of Padma River today.

Speculations have been spiralling about the whereabouts of Chinese billionaire Jack Ma as he has not made any public appearance over couple of months.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs has confirmed that the ban on Covid-19 vaccine export will not be applicable for Bangladesh, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said.

An Iranian government spokesman says Tehran has begun enriching uranium up to 20% at an underground facility.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to former Faridpur town unit Awami League general secretary Sajjad Hossain alias Barkat and his brother in a case filed for laundering Tk 2,000 crore abroad.

Twenty-four 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).

Police are going to submit final report against Erfan Salim, son of Awami League leader Haji Md Salim, in two cases filed under Narcotics Control Act and Arms Act.

Police have arrested six people on charge of assisting Rohingyas in getting included in the voter list, in Naikhangchhari upazila of Bandarban.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Sunday that killed 11 miners from Pakistan’s minority Shi’ite Hazaras in Baluchistan province.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the government expects Covid-19 vaccines from the Serum Institute of India on time.

A flight carrying 48 passengers from London landed today in Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport and 42 of them were put under institutional quarantine to curb the new strain of coronavirus.

Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, who pioneered a global climate change campaign as a 15-year-old, turned 18 on Sunday and promised to celebrate by exposing “dark secrets” at her local pub.

Beximco Pharmaceuticals, the local partner of Serum Institute of India (SII), has said that Bangladesh will get three crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines on time.

A mobile court has sentenced a man to one month in prison for selling migratory birds in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj.

Britain will become the first country to roll out the low cost and easily transportable AstraZeneca and Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, another step forward in the global response to the pandemic.

One hundred people were killed on Saturday in attacks on two villages in western Niger, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said following one of the deadliest days in recent memory for a country ravaged by Islamist violence.

Nancy Pelosi was narrowly re-elected speaker of the US House of Representatives on Sunday, as a new Congress took office amid political uncertainty, with Senate control undecided and a Republican fight looming over presidential election results.