Positive data on BioNTech and US partner Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine is an unlikely success for the married couple behind the German biotech firm, who have devoted their lives to harnessing the immune system against cancer. Pfizer said on Monday said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial data from a large study.

A woman was killed in front of her daughter after a bus hit her in Dhaka's Matuail area this morning.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stressed the importance of the Kingdom’s ties with Iraq and the two countries’ determination to strengthen bilateral relations, in a video call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Tuesday, according to Al Arabiya News.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has warned that Covid-19 is worsening the plight of millions of stateless people worldwide.

Three people were killed as a truck hit a motorcycle carrying them, on Tangail-Aricha Regional Highway in Nagpur upazila of Tangail this morning.

Two members of Rapid Action Battalion, who were picked up by India’s Border Security Force (BSF), were released last night after nine hours.

For over half a century, a massive graveyard on the edge of Iran’s capital has provided a final resting place for this country’s war dead, its celebrities and artists, its thinkers and leaders and all those in between.

Two people were shot dead by unidentified criminals last night at Gorjonia area under Wagja union of Kaptai upazila in Rangamati, police said.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against lawmaker couple Shahid Islam Papul and his wife Selina Islam for laundering about Tk 148 crore and illegal wealth worth around Tk 2.31 crore.

Dr Muhammad Niaz Morshed, director of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital, has been arrested in connection with the death of Senior ASP Anisul Karim, who was allegedly beaten to death by the hospital’s staff on Monday.

Freedom fighter and Ekushey Padak-winning magician Jewel Aich, who recently contracted Covid-19, is being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital. His wife Bipasha Aich and daughter Kheya Aich recently recovered from Covid-19.

China’s top legislative body passed a resolution today to make patriotism a legal requirement for Hong Kong lawmakers, in a move which could lead to disqualifications for some opposition legislators, the South China Morning Post reported.

Police arrested a man, believed to be a member of an international gold smuggling syndicate, in possession of eight gold bars and gold ornaments from Riazuddin Bazar area in Chattogram city last night.

President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday called President Donald Trump's refusal to concede his election loss an "embarrassment" but dismissed the standoff as unimportant.

European Union regulators filed antitrust charges Tuesday against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of using its access to data from companies that sell products on its platform to gain an unfair advantage over them.

The United States has said it looks forward to continuing to work with Myanmar’s new government to foster respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms of all.

Treasury and opposition bench MPs today lauded Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for his extraordinary political life, leadership and utmost sacrifice for liberating Bangladesh.

The threat of terrorism is a European reality that needs a coordinated and quick answer, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.

Korea has provided $1 million to Unicef Bangladesh this year for activities to help prevent gender-based violence particularly in Cox's Bazar.

A twenty-five-year-old was killed in a clash between two groups at Mulkhana village of Kalabaria union under Naragati police station in Narail's Kalia upazila.