The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) in a circular issued today said all passengers entering Bangladesh must have Covid-19 negative certificate.

A Bangladeshi construction worker was crushed to death while his colleague escaped with minor injuries after they were pinned under a slab of piling concrete at Simpang Ampat today.

Twenty-four 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).

A clash ensued between police and protesters in front of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Paltan area this afternoon.

A college student was killed and another was injured when a truck hit their motorcycle in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area this morning.

The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, which could impact the global medical marijuana industry.

Stressing the importance of ensuring the universal, equitable, timely and affordable access to quality vaccines, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Covid-19 can never be controlled unless it is stopped everywhere.

At least six people were killed and five others injured when a truck hit a bus in Tangail’s Mirzapur upazila this morning.

China’s exports and imports are expected to rise at a faster pace in November, helped by strong demand and coronavirus-related disruptions at factories in other countries, a Reuters poll showed today.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today revised upward its projection of the country’s real GDP growth after being hit by coronavirus and lockdown, saying it sees the economy contracting by 7.5 percent from an earlier estimation of a 9.5 percent contraction.

“We will find peace, comfort and nice housing in Bhasan Char,” said sixty-year-old Mahmuda Khatun this morning, ahead of her journey to the island where Rohingya refugees are being relocated to from Cox’s Bazar.

The island of Bhasan Char has been teeming with activity as 1,642 Rohingyas reached the island which was readied up for their relocation from Cox's Bazar.

Former US presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton have said they would volunteer to get their Covid-19 vaccines publicly to promote confidence among people in the vaccine’s safety once the US Food and Drug Administration authorises one, reports CNN.

A section of Islamic clerics, mostly Hefajat-e-Islam leaders, have issued a “fatwa” (religious edict), saying that construction of idol or sculpture of any living being is forbidden in Islam.

The finance ministry today fixed the maximum limit of national savings certificates that people would be able to purchase individually and under joint names.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said the government is not relocating any Rohingya to Bhasan Char forcibly but that they are going there voluntarily.

French authorities are set to raid dozens of mosques and prayer halls suspected of radical teachings as part of a crackdown on extremists following a spate of attacks, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has said.

A worker died after falling from a ship at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila this afternoon.

The Khulna district administration in several drives detained 155 people and fined 271 people a total of Tk 1,18,200 for not wearing masks and maintaining proper hygiene rules amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The High Court has cleared the way for the Anti-Corruption Commission to question Deputy Attorney General Jannatul Ferdousi Rupa in connection with the allegation of corruption against her.