British ministers have warned supermarkets to stockpile food amid possibilities of a no-deal Brexit, with shortages feared as talks with the European Union remain deadlocked, The Sunday Times newspaper reported.

The first shots in a massive US Covid-19 vaccine campaign will be administered as early as Monday, with Pfizer Inc and partners aiming to start shipments across the hard-hit country on Sunday, an Army general organising the rollout said.

A member of Union Parishad (UP) was shot dead near Gopinathpur High School area of Gopalganj Sadar upazila yesterday evening.

The stock market index had been on an upward curve last week with pharmaceuticals in the lead as investors bought the sector’s stocks in hopes of higher future returns amid the threat of a second wave of the pandemic.

Those seeking admission to government secondary schools can apply from December 15 until December 27 and the admissions will be finalised through lottery on December 30.

Bangladesh Chhatra League Dhaka University unit today urged the authorities of the university to reopen all dormitories ensuring proper hygiene.

World leaders should declare states of "climate emergency" in their countries to spur action to avoid catastrophic global warming, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in opening remarks to a climate summit on Saturday.

A mobile court at Rajibpur upazila in Kurigram has fined five illegal brick kilns Tk 16.50 lakh today.

Government officials in a rare instance today held protest rallies across the country, including in the capital, pledging to not allow any insult against Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The followers of local Awami League leader Bokul Sheikh, who was hacked to death in Pabna yesterday, allegedly torched four houses, ransacked several shops and staged demonstrations in the district town today protesting the murder.

A college student died after being crushed under the wheels of a train in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area this evening.

President Abdul Hamid today emphasised the importance of innovations instead of imitation to take the benefits of ‘Digital Bangladesh’ to the people.

Bangladesh has ranked 112th out of 138 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2020. It has scored 35.9 -- the lowest among South Asian countries.

A live video showing five councillors of Sylhet City Corporation reportedly eating wild bird meat at a restaurant in Sylhet was posted on Facebook last night.

Older adults and those with underlying medical conditions are at a much higher risk for severe illness when infected with COVID, this includes individuals with CKD (chronic kidney disease). Individuals who are on dialysis or who have received a kidney transplant will have weaker immune systems than the general population, which can leave them more vulnerable to COVID infection. Adults who have CKD stage 5 but are not on dialysis or have not had transplant, who are over 70 and are on any form of immunosuppression or have been on one in the past or who has autoimmune inflammation of kidney, are also at very high risk and clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID 19.

Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) is a non-profit Trust established by the Bangladesh Employers’ Federation (BEF). BBDN is a group of representatives from business, industry, employers’ organizations and selected non-governmental and disabled peoples’ organizations working collectively on facilitating disability inclusion and workplace diversity in Bangladesh.

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

An eight-year-old has been raped allegedly by a 52-year-old man at a village in Jhikargachha upazila of Jashore.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam today said Bangladesh and India can give a tough race to global competitors in the textile sector, considering India is one of the top cotton exporting countries.

A man was killed in a landslide while he was allegedly cutting a hill in Sadar upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today.