Singapore became on Monday the first Asian country to approve Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine and said it expects to start receiving shots by the end of the year.

A Dhaka court today placed Jubo Mohila League's suspended leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon on a three-day remand each in a case filed for amassing about Tk 6.24 crore illegally.

After the huge success of their 11.11 campaign, the country’s leading e-commerce platform Daraz is now launching another shopping-spree opportunity, titled – ‘12.12’.

Following the hearing of a case filed by the authorities of social media giant Facebook against a Bangladeshi firm called A1 Software, a Dhaka court has banned the use of “facebook.com.bd” domain in Bangladesh.

An explosion rocked a Singapore-flagged oil tanker off the Saudi port city of Jeddah Monday, the vessel's owner said, in the latest apparent strike on energy sector targets in the kingdom.

The United States prepared to start its COVID-19 vaccination program on Monday as the nation's death toll edged towards 300,000, while Germany announced a partial lockdown over the holidays due to an explosion of cases.

The then director general of Directorate of Primary Education Dr Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal, now defence secretary, and four other government officials today apologised unconditionally to the apex court for not complying with its 2017 directive.

A Bangladeshi painter was sentenced to death on Monday (Dec 14) after he was found guilty of murdering his Indonesian girlfriend.

A French extremist wanted on an Interpol “red notice” has been caught by Turkish security forces trying to enter Turkey from Syria, the Turkish defense ministry said Monday.

Thirty-seven 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).

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has launched the second phase of a project to promote innovation for sustainable intensification of agriculture in the coastal areas of Bangladesh.

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) today submitted a compliance report to the High Court, stating that the government has removed and destroyed expired medicine worth Tk 30.14 crore across the country from January to November this year.

The High Court today set January 11 next year for rehearing an appeal filed by independent lawmaker and Awami League leader Haji Mohammad Salim, challenging a lower court verdict that sentenced him to 13 years' imprisonment in a corruption case.

A youth was burnt to death in a fire at a tin-shed house in Dhaka’s Kadamtoli area earlier today.

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

The Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (Desco) will provide smart pre-payment meters to all its customers by 2023.

China’s market regulator said on Monday it fined Alibaba Group, Tencent Holdings-backed China Literature and Shenzhen Hive Box 500,000 yuan ($76,464.29) each for not reporting deals properly for anti-trust reviews.

Electors will gather in state capitols across the country on Monday to formally vote for Joe Biden as the next US president, effectively ending President Donald Trump’s frenzied but failing attempt to overturn his loss in the November 3 election.

China has agreed to immediately provide $1.5 billion financing line to Pakistan to help the country repay a $2 billion Saudi Arabia debt, according to India Today.

Agitating farmer leaders today went on a day-long hunger strike against the Indian government’s contentious new farm laws, intensifying their protests which entered into the third week yesterday.