Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza on Thursday mostly dismissed a change in Israeli government, saying the nationalist leader due to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would likely pursue the same right-wing agenda.

Two Oman expatriate brothers have died of Covid-19.

The heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Thursday urged the Group of Seven advanced economies to release any excess COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries as soon as possible, and called on manufacturers to ramp up production.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital, was taken back to a cabin of the hospital today after a month’s stay at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU).

The High Court today refused to grant bail to Mohammad Abdul Aziz alias Aiaz, an accused in the murder case of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan.

Budget of fiscal year 2021-22 was proposed today, and it will determine the economic future of Bangladesh and its people.

A Khulna court today sent a local journalist to jail in a case filed under the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA).

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that about 1 million jobs will be created in the country’s IT sector in 2021 to achieve the goal of “Digital Bangladesh”.

It would not be right to talk about the supply of Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh and Nepal at a time when India is in the middle of ramping up its production to cater to domestic demand, said Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Arindam Bagchi today.

Millions of people in northwest Syria face disaster if the United Nations fails to approve an extension of cross-border humanitarian operations next month, a senior U.N. aid official said on Thursday.

Jatiya Party Chairman and Deputy Leader of the Opposition GM Quader today said the proposed budget for 2021-2022 is unrealistic.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed VAT exemption on autism related services.

Keeping the growing demand of protein intake in mind for an increasing population, the government today proposed to increase the budget for fisheries and livestock by Tk 244 crore from the last fiscal year.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed continuation of one percent additional cash incentive for the country's garment export in 2021-22 fiscal year too, considering the economic fallout from Covid-19 pandemic.

The government will expand health insurance for people living below the poverty line, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal while presenting the national budget today.

Government plans to vaccinate 25 lakh people each month with a target to vaccinate 80 percent of the people in the country in phases, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said in his budget speech.

Israel's opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday when he completed coalition deals with political allies to form a new government, Israel's Army Radio reported.

Gunmen abducted 136 students from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger on Sunday, a state official said on Wednesday, lower than the estimate of 200 previously offered by the federal government.

Global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said it is "appalled" by the move to take veteran Pakistani journalist and TV anchorperson Hamid Mir off air, terming it as "another step towards autocracy" in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led government's rule, reports Pakistan newspaper Dawn.

A Russian court on Wednesday ruled to keep opposition activist Andrei Pivovarov, who was seized off a flight that was about to take off for Poland, in custody for two months pending a trial.