As conflict continues within Hefajat-e-Islam, the Qawmi madrasa based Islamist organisation has chosen Junayed Babunagari as its Ameer at a council held today.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today expressed his optimism over signing of Teesta water sharing deal with India, saying it remains ready for signing since 2011.

Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies formed the world’s largest free trade bloc today, a China-backed deal that excludes the United States, which had left a rival Asia-Pacific grouping under President Donald Trump.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Bangladesh Coast Guard will be strengthened so that they can play a role in helping the government tap the potential of ‘Blue Economy’.

Bangladeshi mountaineer and activist Wasfia Nazreen has been featured on the Bruce Lee podcast, where the legendary Hollywood actor and martial artist’s daughter Shannon Lee invites special guests from all walks of life.

Due to the Deepaboli festival, import and export between Bangladesh and India through Benapole port remain suspended from this morning.

US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a historic step and select a woman to head the Pentagon for the first time, shattering one of the few remaining barriers to women in the department and the presidential Cabinet.

Police have busted a drug syndicate, which had been active in the northern part of Malaysia, with the arrest of its members with drugs worth about RM2.164 million.

A journalist at Rajshahi University (RU) has been sent to jail after he was arrested in a case filed five years ago under the Information and Communication Technology Act.

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two factions of local Awami League centering the by polls of Bera upazila in Pabna last night.

Legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has passed away in Kolkata's Belle Vue Nursing Home at around 12:15pm today. Hospital sources confirmed the news, according to Anandabazar.

In an overnight drive, police arrested 25 female activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from Jhaudia Bazar in Kushtia last night.

A Dhaka court today again asked Rapid Action Battalion to submit by December 17 the probe report of a case filed against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and 16 others over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates and illegally charging patients for testing and treatment.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its order tomorrow on a bail petition of BNP leader and former state minister for Civil Aviation Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin in a corruption case in which he was sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment.

Local administration has launched a “No Mask, No Entry” policy for Kuakata beach, a popular tourist spot in Patuakhali, to tackle coronavirus infections, especially during the winter season.

A fire at a hospital treating Covid-19 patients in northeastern Romania killed 10 people Saturday and injured 10 others, seven of them critically, officials said. Prosecutors quickly opened a criminal investigation.

After Donald Trump in his first week as president spoke to Australia's prime minister, leaks of the call left many dumbfounded, with the new US leader haranguing and hanging up on the close ally.

Rockets were fired at Eritrea’s capital on Saturday, diplomats said, as the deadly fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region appeared to spill across an international border and bring some of observers’ worst fears to life.

Decision to take effect from January 1, 2020 with maximum 3 months’ deadline for departure

Bangladesh has signed an agreement to collect doses of Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine, Health Minister Zahid Malik said.