Peruvian national police committed "multiple abuses" against mostly peaceful demonstrators in November as they protested "the very questionable removal" of then-President Martin Vizcarra, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today.

European Union states will start vaccinations against Covid-19 in 10 days as Europe tries to catch up with Britain and United States after what some have criticised as a slow EU approval process for the shots.

The top US general met Taliban representatives this week in Qatar and urged them to reduce the level of violence and increase progress towards a political solution, the US military said today.

Qatar Airways has announced to operate two flights daily on the Dhaka-Doha route due to growing number of passengers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses the need for the early signing of an interim agreement with India for sharing the water of river Teesta, as agreed upon by both governments in 2011.

The High Court today cleared the way for the lower court to resume trial proceedings of a case filed under the explosive and substances act over the attack on motorcade of the then opposition leader and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira in 2002.

Anti-Corruption Commission today pressed charges against expelled Jubo League leader Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan in a case filed for amassing Tk 5.58 crore illegally.

The government is going to decide on the use of money from foreign exchange reserves in government projects, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today conveyed interest in joining the under-construction India-Myanmar-Thailand highway.

The office of Inspector General of Prisons today submitted a report to the High Court, saying that there are a total of 112 physicians providing treatment to 86,998 prisoners at 68 prisons across the country.

The Japanese capital of Tokyo said on Thursday the strain on its medical system from the Covid-19 pandemic was severe, raising its alert level to the highest of four stages as the number of cases spiked to a record daily high of 822.

Israel will begin rolling out a major coronavirus vaccination campaign next week after the prime minister reached out personally to the head of a major drug company. Millions of Palestinians living under Israeli control will have to wait much longer.

With investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) set to visit China next year, residents of Wuhan are saying they want the team to come to the central city, hoping they could prove the virus did not originate there.

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, the French Presidency said on Thursday.

Thirty-six 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).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh and Mauritius are committed to walking the path of friendship, aiming to take their existing relations together to new heights.

The High Court today wanted to know under what authority land secretary Md Maksudur Rahman Patwary has been holding the office and what steps have been taken against him after he confessed that his family members are using three cars of the land ministry.

The High Court today wanted to know specifically the names and addresses of Bangladeshi nationals, who have laundered money abroad and purchased houses in foreign countries including Canada, Singapore and Malaysia.

A construction worker went missing as a trawler capsized in a canal in Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila last night.

The authorities of Rajshahi University (RU) postponed the meeting of admission test committee today, after several teachers refused to hold it in presence of Registrar Prof MA Bari, as the government recently asked to relieve him for not assisting the UGC.