Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the global community to undertake concerted action to address the root causes of genocide and ensuring justice to the victims to prevent the recurrence of any future genocide anywhere in the world.

There is no reason for the international community to be concerned over the Rohingya relocation to Bhashan Char, said Mostafizur Rahman, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva today.

Bangladesh may get a suitable Covid-19 vaccine next year, no matter what hurdles there are. But the question remains whether the country is ready to properly preserve and distribute it. Experts say challenges are there, as it requires complex logistics.

Import of rice and fertilisers were among 10 proposals approved by the Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase today.

The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education has proposed to distribute admission forms for secondary schools in Dhaka from December 15 and holding lottery for candidates vying for admission on December 30.

The country’s freedom fighters will not tolerate any affront towards Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Liberation War Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for robust international climate coalitions to reduce the carbon emission effectively and save the future generations.

Britain’s medicine regulator has advised that people with a history of significant allergies do not get Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine after two people reported severe adverse reactions on the first day of rollout.

The High Court today cleared the way for the government to operate eviction activities in order to recover the land of Buriganga River at Keraniganj from the possession of three private companies of Maisha Group owned by ruling Awami League lawmaker Md Aslamul Haque.

Ninety-six robbers and arms makers who surrendered before the administration last year were released from jail in Cox’s Bazar today, around 11 months after they started serving time in the prison.

Post and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabbar has said the government is developing 12,800 free Wi-Fi zones throughout the country.

A Bagerhat court has granted a two-day remand to two suspects in connection with the death of a madrasa student in Bagerhat's Morrelganj.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said her government will not allow implementation of the controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) or National Population Register (NPR) in the state.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on December 3 said Bangladesh cannot forget and forgive atrocities committed by Pakistan in 1971 when Pakistani High Commissioner Imran Ahmed Siddiqui called on her at the Gono Bhaban. Unlike the Bangladeshi media outlets, Pakistani news media, curiously, left out the remarks made by PM Hasina on Pakistan’s atrocities in 1971.

Sugar mill workers and sugarcane growers demonstrated in Panchagarh Sadar today demanding reopening of six state-owned sugar mills including Panchagarh Sugar Mill.

A 250kg bomb was found buried at the construction site of the third terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka today.

The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase today approved the proposal of a Chinese-Bangladeshi consortium to set up a 55 MW wind power plant on build-own-operate basis at Mongla in Bagerhat.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that any sanctions imposed by the European Union on Turkey will not have a great impact.

Earth remains on course to warm more than 3 degrees Celsius by the century's end despite a dip in greenhouse gas emissions due to the pandemic and pledges to curb pollution, the UN said Wednesday.

Noted Marxist leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was taken to Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata today after his breathing-related problems aggravated, sources said.