The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it has approved a Covid-19 vaccine made by drugmaker Sinovac Biotech for emergency use listing, paving the way for a second Chinese shot to be used in poor countries.

The horrifying incident of a university student committing suicide under the influence of a dangerous drug has unearthed another racket of criminals working in the country. This drug, LSD, along with many others are making their way, from international cartels through national underground networks, to vulnerable youths.

The Dhaka University authorities have decided to hold in-person final examinations of all academic years from July 1 by maintaining Covid-19 health guidelines. This decision will remain in action if the Covid-19 situation in the country remains the same as it is now.

The second set of metro rail coaches reached Dhaka today, marking yet another major development in the country's first ever metro rail project.

The foreign ministry said today that a section of the international media and civil society organisations were campaigning against Bhasan Char and Rohingya relocation with “distorted information misrepresenting the facts”.

Six rights organisations today served a contempt of court notice on S Aalm Group and Chattogram's Banshkhali police for filing a case under the Digital Security Act against a local engineer in violation of a High Court directive.

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) today turned down a Tk 17,290.23 crore project designed to provide 'Khichuri' or other food items as midday meals to primary school students.

SM Sohel Rana, chairman of Kakoli Furniture, has filed a general diary in Gazipur’s Sreepur Police Station today, alleging misuse of his now viral hit business's name on social media.

Remittance inflows hit a 10-month high of $2.17 billion in May thanks to the hard-earned money sent by migrant workers amid the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The chair and secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plan to travel to Myanmar this week even as the 10-nation bloc remains divided on how to respond to the military coup there, four diplomatic sources said.

A 41-year-old man in China's eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday.

Technology giant Google's artificial intelligence (AI) development, particularly on understanding human language, will be its strongest effort yet against misinformation, says its chief executive officer Sundar Pichai.

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists allegedly attacked members of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Dhaka University campus today.

The Indian variant of Covid-19 was detected in samples of eight more Bangladeshis in Jashore through genome sequencing yesterday, but none of them had travelled to India.

Revenue collection surged 116 per cent year-on-year to Tk 19,326 crore in April, the highest monthly growth in the current fiscal year, which has seen lower tax receipts because of the economic slowdown.

The first consignment of 1.06 lakh doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Dhaka tonight.

The full bench of the Supreme Court Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, will conduct judicial functions virtually on five working days every week from tomorrow.

Police said two terrorists were killed and another injured in a gunfight between two terrorist groups in Cox’s Bazar town this evening.

Detectives said they have arrested two members of a fraud gang from the capital’s Bangshal for their involvement in making fake Covid-19 test reports.

Myanmar’s National Unity Government has pledged to comply with the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which last year ordered the Southeast Asian country to prevent any acts of genocide against the Rohingyas in Rakhine State.