A Bangladeshi citizen was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Roumari border of Kurigram early today, police said.

Pfizer confirmed Friday that it and partner BioNTech have applied for emergency use authorization for their coronavirus vaccine, becoming the first to do so in the US or Europe as the pandemic rages around the world.

Police today arrested one person accused over the rape a 16-year-old girl in Bogura’s Shibganj upazila.

The “Begum Para” of Toronto in Canada has come up during numerous political discussions in Bangladesh. Many Bangladeshis have bought luxurious residences in Begum Para, spending millions laundered from Bangladesh. Mainly, the wives and children of Bangladeshi millionaires live in these residences, hence the name Begum Para. It is largely believed that mainly politicians have bought residences there.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought coordinated global action to monitor the nature of infections, implement required control measures and raise awareness against the widespread use of antibiotics.

At least 31 crude bombs found from Uttara's sector-10 in the capital this evening have been defused by the bomb disposal unit of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).

Two directors of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital were sent to jail today after completion of their remand in the case filed over the death of Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Anisul Karim on November 9.

Netflix’s “Tiger King” star Jeff Lowe has been accused of recurring inhumane treatment and improper handling of endangered species of animals, according to a civil complaint filed Thursday.

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend a virtual summit of Asia Pacific leaders on Friday to discuss the coronavirus and global economic recovery, with lingering trade differences likely to cloud the meeting.

German Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz has alleged that some local politicians in Satkhira tried to divert food relief for the poor.

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy today said their party is waiting for a conducive atmosphere for a mass uprising to turn Bangladesh into a democratic country.

Police today arrested a man on charge of raping a 12-year-old madrasa student in Khaldhar Road in Jashore town.

Dhaka University authorities suspended the admission test for its Faculty of Business Studies MBA (evening) courses.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Thursday arrested the ringleader of a gang that allegedly steals batteries from autorickshaws in Savar.

At least 17 people have died from Covid-19 infection in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima has sought greater international support for migrant workers to cope with Covid-19 job market and beyond.

India has said it is keen to work with Bangladesh on defence hardware platforms like Akash missile, radars, mortars, artillery guns and ammunitions and invited investments from its eastern neighbour in two key Indian defence industrial corridors.

A teenage girl was "gang-raped" by her cousin and one more on Wednesday night in the capital's Kalyanpur. Four more youths were also involved.

China's aviation regulator will not yet allow Boeing's troubled 737 MAX jet to fly in the company's biggest market owing to lingering safety concerns, despite the US lifting a ban on commercial flights.

Four suspected militants, who were inside the house cordoned off by Rapid Action Battalion in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj, surrendered this morning.