US President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, reflecting his stated desire to build out a diverse White House team as well as what’s expected to be a return to a more traditional press operation.

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his team are headed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar for talks in a region simmering with tension after the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist.

At least one Bangladeshi citizen is among a crew of 20 seamen, most of them Indian nationals, who have been detained by Houthi rebels in Yemen capital Sana’a since February this year.

Villagers in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state on Sunday buried 43 farmers killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants while security forces searched for dozens of people who are still missing.

Argentine justice officials are investigating the death of soccer star Diego Maradona and have ordered the search of properties of his personal doctor.

Hefajat-e-Islam leader Maulana Mamunul Haque has said he would remove all the sculptures in the country if he had the legal, moral and political capacity.

In the recruitment test for the post of Scientific Officer (Temporary) of Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, a candidate has reportedly passed without appearing for the written test.

The Serum Institute of India, which is testing and manufacturing Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, tonight responded to "malicious and misconceived" allegations by preparing a Rs 100 crore defamation suit against a 40-year-old coronavirus vaccine trial participant who claimed to have suffered a "virtual neurological breakdown" after being administered a dose.

Iran was weighing its response Sunday to the killing of its top nuclear scientist, which it blames on arch-foe Israel, as his body was taken to Shiite shrines ahead of being buried.

Newly appointed State Minister for Religious affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan today said sculpture and idol were different and there were sculptures in almost all countries.

The meet of the 57-member OIC’s foreign ministers has concluded in Niamey seeking fund for legal battle over Rohingya genocide, urging Muslim solidarity to fight Islamophobia and terrorism as well as retreating support to the principle of Arab initiative of the two-state solution over Palestine cause.

Rayhan Ahmed, who was reportedly beaten to death at Bandar Bazar police outpost in Sylhet on October 11, died due to severe injuries, according to the viscera report.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she has to pile up cash at home as she has been unable to open a bank account in the global financial centre since Washington sanctioned her shortly after Beijing imposed a national security law on the city.

A housewife was possibly beaten and later burnt to death in her flat by unidentified miscreants in Dhaka’s Kafrul area.

Thai anti-government protesters have challenged King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s personal control over some army units to condemn the military’s role in politics.

Although babies of women infected with Covid-19 during their pregnancies have been born with antibodies, it remains unclear if this means the baby is immune to the coronavirus or how long the immunity would last.

The Election Commission has cancelled the registration of Progressive Democratic Party as a political party as it failed to meet the condition of maintaining the registration.

Journalists working at Rajshahi University (RU) today issued a 24-hour ultimatum to withdraw a complaint filed against their fellow, Mortuza Noor, RU correspondent of Bangladesh Pratidin.

A parliamentary body today set March next year as the deadline to start crash eviction programme to recover 1.38 lakh acre reserved forest land across the country grabbed by 88,000 individuals and organisations.

A 40-year-old man who took part in the 'Covishield' vaccine trial has alleged serious side effects, including a virtual neurological breakdown and impairment of cognitive functions and has sought Rs five crore compensation in a legal notice to Serum Institute and others, besides seeking a halt to the trial.