Bangladesh Bank has directed banks to give out loans and credit cards to IT freelancers in the country in order to promote the freelancing sector.

More than 37 people are dead and 18 others seriously injured after a bus crash in Cameroon’s western village of Nemale, officials said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the brand new Dash 8-400 aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and expresssed her desire to establish strong regional connectivity by cashing in on the country’s geographical location in Southeast Asia.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines today announced resumption of regular flights on the Dhaka-Muscat-Dhaka route from December 29 following the Oman government’s lifting of the ban on operating international flights to and from Muscat.

Russia’s president Vladimir Putin will receive the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a Russian state TV channel on Sunday.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed asked the force members to serve people with love and dedication so that children feel proud of their police parents.

Hefajat-e Islam’s Joint Secretary General and Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish’s Secretary General Mamunul Haque and five others have been sued for secretly attending a mahfil in Cumilla's Chandina upazila without the administration's permission.

Almost 10 months after the first Italian patient tested positive for the new coronavirus, Italy on Sunday vaccinated the first residents against Covid-19.

The High Court has issued eight directives upon the authorities concerned of the government to ensure security, peace and decorum in and outside the jails.

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram K Doraiswami has said they want to move “very quickly” on water sharing of six common rivers during the 50th celebration of Bangladesh-India diplomatic relations.

The municipality election of Moulvibazar’s Baralekha will be held tomorrow through electronic voting machine (EVM).

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

Eleven additional deputy inspector generals of police have been recommended for promotion to the rank of deputy inspector general (DIG) today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government will introduce activities of virtual courts at district level during this coronavirus situation to ensure judicial services for the justice seekers.

A Supreme Court lawyer today served a legal notice to the government, asking it to arrange necessary number of medical equipment at the public hospitals across the country in 15 days in order to accurately diagnose diseases and to provide proper treatment to the patients.

The government has slashed the rice import duty to 25 percent from the existing 62.5 percent to keep the rice market stable, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said today.

Delhi Police have arrested a fugitive Bangladeshi national who fled to India after he was sentenced to death for killing a man in Bagerhat in 2005.

The prospect of spending hours in a queue at the diagnostic lab or the hospital deters many or at least prompts them to defer stepping out for diagnostic tests. For many people, the idea of spending hours in a lab or hospital may sound demotivating.

The new variant of coronavirus linked to a rapid rise in infections in Britain has been detected in Sweden after a traveller from the United Kingdom became ill and tested positive, the Swedish Health Agency said on Saturday.

Beijing has tightened COVID-19 curbs over concerns that China’s mass travel during the holiday period could cause cases to spike in the capital, as it reported locally transmitted cases for a fourth straight day on Sunday.