Japanese medical equipment giant NIPRO Corporation has expanded its business in Bangladesh by making fresh foreign direct investments (FDI) of around Tk 128 crore (USD 15 million) to merge with JMI Group.

A mobile court during a drive has recovered around 20 acres of forest land grabbed by the encroachers in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

A Bangladeshi medical officer at Jazira Upazila Health Complex in Shariatpur district has secured the highest number in the UK’s MRCP examination this year.

Customs officials at Benapole Customs House enforced a three-hour strike for the second consecutive day today protesting an assault of one of their fellows in Pangaon Customs House in Dhaka.

Eminent philosopher and a professor at Dhaka University Professor Hasna Begum today died of Covid-19 at a private hospital. She was 85.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is pledge-bound to ensure peace across the country, including the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT).

India is considering a plan to build a 10 gigawatts (GW) hydropower project in a remote eastern state, an Indian official said on Tuesday, following reports that China could construct dams on a section of the Brahmaputra river.

Dhaka has urged Doha to take urgent measures so that the stranded Bangladeshi expatriates can return to work in Qatar.

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) Chairman Engineer Belayet Hossain today said the 1,320 MW capacity Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant at Rampal in Bagerhat is expected to start power generation by the end of 2021.

India today termed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s remark about the protest by farmers in New Delhi as “unwarranted”.

Iran’s parliament Tuesday advanced a bill that would end UN inspections of its nuclear facilities and require the government to boost its uranium enrichment if European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal do not provide relief from oil and banking sanctions.

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech have applied to the European drugs regulator for conditional authorization of their COVID-19 vaccine, following similar steps in the United States and Britain, the companies said on Tuesday.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today said they will recover all the canals from encroachers and clean those before next monsoon.

The admission tests for 2020-2021 academic session in 19 public and science and technology universities will be held under the “cluster system”.

A US public health expert has suggested that reopening of schools in Bangladesh could be considered as “school closure (during Covid-19 pandemic) has clear negative impacts on child health, education and development.”

Bangladesh will organise a world peace conference next year, marking the 50th year of the country’s Liberation War and birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as part of promoting a culture of peace and tolerance.

Thirty-one 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) today.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today extended its chamber judge's order that stayed a High Court directive which asked Titas Gas Ltd to give Tk 5 lakh as initial cost to each family of the victims who died and suffered burn injuries in Narayanganj mosque blast.

Farzana Chowdhury, Managing Director of 3 Dragons at Pearl, speaks to The Daily Star about the story behind the origins of 3 Dragons at Pearl and her love of authentic Sichuan food. She talks about the factors that helped 3 Dragons stay atop the competition, as well as the remarkable safety measures they have taken to provide first-class service to their customers.

The Serum Institute of India (SII), which is the manufacturing partner of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, today said its vaccine candidate for the virus is “safe and immunogenic”.