Bangladeshi migrant workers in crisis-hit Lebanon are going to get free Covid-19 vaccines on Saturday under a national campaign launched by the Middle East country.

Republicans in the US Senate on Friday derailed a bipartisan inquiry into the deadly assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump's supporters, despite a torrent of criticism they were playing down the violence.

The University Grants Commission has allowed all universities to take in-person examinations for undergraduate and master’s degrees.

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Friday announced a nationwide "total lockdown" starting in June as coronavirus infections in the country surged to record levels.

Export of mangoes to the UK from Rajshahi started today with the first consignment of three tonnes of the sweet summer fruit sent to Dhaka for packaging.

Two more accused confessed to a magistrate today that they were directly involved with the murder of trader Shahinuddin in the capital's Pallabi area on May 16.

A union parishad chairman was sued today for irregularities of distributing money under the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) and General Relief (GR) programmes at Thakurgaon’s Haripur upazila.

Two people died after being electrocuted and another was injured in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram today.

Britain on Friday approved the use of the single shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced Friday.

The body of a child, who went missing in tidal water -- caused by the impact of Cyclone Yaas -- in Hatiya of Noakhali on Wednesday, was recovered this afternoon.

Belarus’ authoritarian leader will discuss closer economic ties with Russia on Friday, as he seeks support from his main backer amid a bruising showdown with the European Union over the forced diversion of a passenger jet to arrest a dissident journalist.

The allowance for the valiant freedom fighters of the country is going to see a significant jump of 66.66% in the coming 2021-22 fiscal.

Buet students formed a human chain yesterday protesting Ashikul Islam Bitu joining online classes despite his expulsion in 2019 for his alleged involvement in the killing of Abrar Fahad.

A bomb threat cited by Belarusian authorities as the reason for forcing a Ryanair jetliner carrying a dissident journalist to land in Minsk was sent after the plane was diverted, privacy-focused email provider Proton Technologies AG said on Thursday.

One person died and four others went missing after a fishing trawler capsized in the Padma river near Shariatpur's Jajira area yesterday afternoon.

Global air travel will bounce back strongly by 2023 as countries roll out Covid-19 vaccines and learn to manage the pandemic, noted the International Air Transport Association (Iata).

Turkey pushed NATO allies into watering down an official reaction to the forced landing by Belarus of a passenger plane and the detention of a dissident journalist on Sunday, two diplomats familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Begum Rokeya University’s Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah has filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking stay on the inquiry being conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC) into the allegations raised against him of irregularities and corruption over recruitment.

​The government of Saudi Arabia now demands that Bangladeshi travellers book hotels in advance for institutional quarantine. However, indecision and conflicting instructions from the concerned authorities are putting Saudi-bound passengers' departure at risk.

Bangladesh will receive 1.06 lakh jabs of Pfizer vaccine by the first week of June under Covax arrangement, Prof ABM Khurshid Alam, the Director General of the Health Directorate said.