Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today declared Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) a “three-dimensional force” after the induction of two helicopters -- named after Bir Shreshtha Nur Mohammad and Bir Shreshtha Abdur Rouf -- into it.

Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Salim, and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah, have been placed on a five-day remand each in four cases filed under arms and narcotics control acts.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that granted bail to contractor Asif Hossain in a case filed over corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

Diwali, the festival of lights, has come a week ahead of its actual date at Thulasendrapuram, the village where US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ mother comes from, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Bangladesh Railway has formed a five-member committee to investigate the reasons behind the derailment of a fuel oil-laden train in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal that suspended rail communication between Sylhet and the rest of the country since yesterday.

A private university student has died in a road accident at Baufal upazila in Patuakhali.

Vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women, whose shoulders she stands on as she shatters barriers that have kept mostly white men entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries.

Senior military commanders of India and China have agreed to ensure their frontline troops exercise restraint and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation at the Line of Control in the western Himalayas.

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the White House, pledging to work together to ensure “peace, freedom and prosperity” in the Indo-Pacific region that is increasingly dominated by China.

Japan formally proclaimed Crown Prince Akishino the first in line as heir to the throne on Sunday, the last of a series of ceremonies after his elder brother, Emperor Naruhito, became monarch last year following their father’s abdication.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris.

Polls opened in Myanmar Sunday morning for a vote expected to return to power the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains a hero at home in spite of a reputation abroad shattered by the Rohingya crisis.

In two years, Dhaka’s increasing demand for electricity could be met by the waste it generates.

US President-elect Joe Biden is planning to address the nation on Saturday night.

Kamala Harris has made history with her election as Joe Biden's vice president, becoming the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to win the second highest US office.

US President Donald Trump has said his campaign would begin challenging US election results in court next week after media outlets called the race for Democrat Joe Biden, saying “this election is far from over.”

Democrat Joe Biden has won Pennsylvania, surpassing the 270 electoral vote threshold to take the White House and become the 46th president of the United States.

Parliament will go into a special session tomorrow to mark Mujib Borsho, the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This will be the 10th session of the 11th Parliament.

The US State Department sent Congress an informal notification of plans to sell $10 billion of defense equipment, including precision-guided munitions, non-precision bombs and missiles to the United Arab Emirates, a US congressional aide has said.

The United Arab Emirates has announced a major overhaul of the Islamic personal laws in the country -- allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening restrictions on alcohol, and criminalising “honour killings”.