Police detained 15 people from a procession brought out by Hefajat-e-Islam near Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka today.

An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday, likely to provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Police have arrested six people and seized locally-made arms from them and have also arrested another two people with fake notes in a drive at Gazipur.

Ekushey Padak-winning stage and TV actor, director Aly Zaker was laid to rest at Dhaka's Banani graveyard this afternoon after he was given a guard of honour.

Two motorcyclists were killed after a covered van hit their motorbike on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla’s Chandina upazila this afternoon.

Bishop Bejoy N D'Cruze OMI was made the Archbishop of Dhaka today, two months after the Vatican announced his appointment.

The health authorities recorded 18 new dengue cases in 24 hours until this morning.

Around one hundred Bangladeshi citizens including some cancer patients returning from India have been stuck at Benapole International check-post as they do not have Covid-19 negative certificates.

Lawyer Nisha Rao maneuvers among the throng of black-coated attorneys clustered near Karachi’s city courts searching for her client.

Aly Zaker, our most iconic theatre personality, has left us for eternity. He singlehandedly brought theatre out from an obscure corner of our cultural world to its very centre. He along with his co-actors in Nagarik, and fellow travellers in other theatre groups, made the stage the most powerful and effective vehicle of inculcating critical thinking and intellectual freedom so vitally needed for social change and progress.

Twenty 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).

Detective Branch of police arrested two alleged members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Bogura earlier today.

The leaders and activists of Chattogram City, north and south district units of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) will take up position in different thoroughfares in the port city and Hathazari upazila today afternoon to resist Mamunul Haque, who is scheduled to attend a Tafsirul Quran Mahfil in the upazila after Jumma Prayers today.

The 39th span of the Padma bridge was installed today, making a 5.85km stretch of the main structure visible.

The head of British drug manufacturer AstraZeneca said on Thursday further research was needed on its Covid-19 vaccine after questions emerged over the protection it offers, but the additional testing is unlikely to affect regulatory approval in Europe.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed their profound shock and sorrow at the death of Ekushey Padak-winning cultural personality and popular television actor Aly Zaker.

BNP Vice Chairman Barkatullah Bulu and members of his family were hospitalised after testing positive for coronavirus infection.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalises President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory — even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake” — as he spent his Thanksgiving renewing baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked officials in battleground states caused his election defeat.

Eleven Bangladeshi universities have made the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) list of best universities in Asia.

Days after grabbing headlines with its Covid-19 “vaccine for the world”, AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate that some experts say could hinder its chances of getting speedy US and EU regulatory approval.