India today said it is looking to export surplus hydropower from its northeastern states to Bangladesh and Myanmar.

A new strain of Covid-19 identified in the United Kingdom can spread more quickly and urgent work is under way to confirm that it does not cause a higher mortality rate, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on Saturday.

Suspected Russian hackers who broke into US government agencies also spied on less high-profile organizations, including groups in Britain, a US internet provider and a county government in Arizona, according to web records and a security source.

Expatriates Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad says his ministry will take steps so that outbound migrant workers get coronavirus vaccine on a priority basis.

A seven-year-old boy was found dead at a 14-storey building in Mirpur-10 today, two days after he went missing from Dhaka’s Mirpur-6 area from near his house.

Saying that internal dispute in Gonoforum has been settled, the party’s President Dr Kamal Hossain today said there is no problem in the party at present.

Another 250kg bomb was found buried at the construction site of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's 3rd terminal in the capital today.

Against the backdrop two sculptures being vandalised in Kushtia recently, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam today asked field level police personnel to remain alert to foil any attempts to damage sculptures in the city.

Nineteen science and technology, and general public universities set to hold centralised admission tests for the next academic session today fixed the minimum GPA requirement for applying.

A total of 86 percent people with physical and leprosy disabilities in Bangladesh are directly involved in agriculture while income of 88 percent of farmers with disabilities has been reduced during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Trump administration has notified Congress that it intends to shutter the last two remaining US consulates in Russia.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said foreign investment flow will increase significantly in the country contributing to job creations through government efforts to brand Bangladesh positively across the world.

Twenty-five more people have died with Covid-19 infection in the last 24 hours across the country.

Awami League lawmaker Aslamul Haque has filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, challenging the High Court verdict that cleared the way for the government to carry out eviction drives and recover Buriganga river land in Keraniganj from the possession of his three companies under Maisha Group.

The lowest temperature of the country was recorded at 6.6 degrees Celsius at Rajarhat in Kurigram district today, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).

A group of Bar Council Enrollment written exam candidates allegedly went berserk at different exam centres -- preventing others to sit for the exams and burning their answer sheets this morning.

Bangladesh High Commission in London organised a high-profile Victory Day celebration programme on December 16, where participants including eminent British parliamentarians, ambassadors, senior officials of UK Foreign Office and recipients of Friends of Liberation War honour paid their profound homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and expressed solidarity with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s commitment to uphold Bangabandhu’s secular, progressive and pluralistic values in sustaining Bangladesh’s growth and prosperity.

A group of 42 distinguished citizens have urged the President to constitute the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to investigate the allegations of financial irregularities, corruption and gross election-related misconduct against the present Election Commission under the leadership of Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda.

Three people, including a local Jubo League leader, have been arrested in connection with the vandalisation of a statue of revolutionary leader during the British Raj, Bagha Jatin, on the campus premises of Kaya College in Kushtia's Kumarkhali upazila.

Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) detained Md Nuruzzaman, Chief Executive Officer of Rajshahi Zilla Parishad, from Chapainawabganj while he was carrying banned phensidyl in the government vehicle.