Chadwick Boseman, who played Black American icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown with searing intensity before inspiring audiences worldwide as the regal Black Panther in Marvel’s blockbuster movie franchise, died Friday of cancer. He was 43.

Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Gopal Chandra Sutrodhar, one of the district’s top arms peddler, from Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj this morning.

Renowned journalist and writer Rahat Khan passed away at his residence in Dhaka tonight. He was 80.

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) members have apprehended two Indian nationals while they were trying to go to Bangladesh illegally.

A schoolgirl suffered bullet injuries after she came allegedly came in the line of firing by a local contractor at Khulna city’s Mistripara this morning.

Chinese consumers could boycott Apple if the United States bans WeChat, China’s foreign ministry spokesman warned Friday, as the clock ticks down on a US order to block the popular social app.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said they arrested 15 Nigerians from Dhaka’s Pallabi area for their alleged involvement in embezzling money from people using a fake Facebook ID.

More than 75 percent people with mental, neurological and substance use disorders receive no treatment for their condition in low and middle-income countries (MICs), global organisations say.

Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, was set to resign, national broadcaster NHK said today, saying he wanted to avert problems for the government from a worsening health condition.

Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana yesterday, killing six people and flattening buildings across a wide swatch of the state before moving into Arkansas with heavy rains.

Bangladesh’s Beximco Pharmaceuticals and Serum Institute of India (SII) today announced an agreement in principle for a cooperation in developing a Covid-19 vaccine.

A Bangladeshi expatriate has been arrested in Libya on allegation of kidnapping another Bangladeshi expatriate in the North African country recently.

A Cox's Bazar court today placed former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das and two other accused, in a case filed over killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, on a fresh three-day remand.

Bangladesh Bank will investigate financial transactions and other activities of e-commerce platform Evaly.

Four people are jailed for damaging hills at Bargaon village of Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj.

The High Court yesterday declared the election of Pubali Bank Limited’s board of directors -- held on July 30 during its 37th annual general meeting (AGM) -- illegal.

Forty-seven people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, reads a release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni says her ministry is working on the education system during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.

China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) says it would lend $100 million to Bangladesh to help the country deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has described Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as “an icon in the struggle for the independence of Bangladesh, and a personification of the principles of freedom and equity”.