Serum Institute of India (SII), the Indian manufacturer of the AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccine, has said it intends to concentrate on meeting India’s own immediate demand in the next two months before exporting to other interested countries.

I recently visited rural areas of Bangladesh amid the Covid-19 pandemic and returned to Dhaka with a new understanding of the impact that Covid-19 is having on child marriage, a harmful practice that is a global challenge.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed a High Court verdict that in 2017 had declared illegal the annual readmission and session fees charged by English-medium schools.

A mobile court today fined Fu-Wang Foods Ltd, a food manufacturing company, Tk 1 lakh in Gazipur for producing goods in an unhygienic environment.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has expressed his optimism that Bangladesh’s expectations from India will be met as the two countries maintain a strong and a very friendly relationship.

The fourth phase elections to municipalities will be held on February 14, the Election Commission announced this evening.

India’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave final approval for the emergency use of a two-dose coronavirus vaccine, COVISHIELD, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. The regulator did not discuss the recommended intervals between shots.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained an alleged Indian cattle smuggler from Bangladeshi territory on Dantbhanga border in Roumari upazila of Kurigram today.

India granted emergency approval to Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN but faced questions after taking the step without publishing efficacy data for the homegrown coronavirus vaccine.

Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalised with Covid-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported.

Remittance hit an all-time high of $21.74 billion in 2020 as migrant workers continued to send home a massive amount of money using formal channels.

A Dhaka court today ordered police to confiscate properties of Mohin Uddin, a fugitive accused in a case filed over the killing of Taslima Begum Renu by a mob in the capital's Badda in July 2019.

Twenty-one people were killed and at least 20 others injured when the roof of a shelter at a cremation ground collapsed in Muradnagar district of Uttar Pradesh in India today.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that tougher lockdown restrictions were probably on the way as Covid-19 cases keep rising, but that schools were safe places and children should continue to attend where permitted.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines today announced to resume its flights to Saudi Arabia from January 6.

An Israeli official has dismissed as “nonsense” an allegation by the Iranian foreign minister that Israel was trying to trick the United States into waging war on Iran.

The World Health Organization today welcomed India's approval of two Covid-19 vaccines of Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech and said it would help "strengthen" its fight against the pandemic in South East Asia.

Eminent novelist Rabeya Khatun passed away this evening.

Stressing the need for becoming self-sufficient in food production, Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque today warned that it would be difficult to procure food even with money available if there is a food crisis or famine due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Lawmakers from treasury and opposition bench and representatives of various organisations today called for setting an example by enforcing the death penalty for rape.