One hundred and thirty-four people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Bangladesh is likely to start receiving AstraZeneca vaccines from the Serum Institute of India in August, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Police in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh today detained eight Bangladeshi nationals, who had allegedly entered India illegally, from a train.

Destiny Group Managing Director Md Rafiqul Amin was discharged from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) after a leaked video of him joining a Zoom meeting from the hospital’s prison cell went viral on social media.

​​​​​​​Ten lakh Chinese Sinopharm vaccine doses arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 12:35am today.

​​​​​​​A Nilgai, the largest antelope in Asia, died after locals chased it at Muktarbasti village in Thakurgaon’s Ranishankoil upazila yesterday afternoon.

​​​​​​​A total of 12.5 lakh doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:22pm tonight.

​​​​​​​At least 375 people were fined in Khulna, Cumilla, Feni and Chandpur districts for defying Covid-19 restrictions and health guidelines on the second day of the seven-day “strict lockdown”.

Twenty lakh doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh around 1:00am on Saturday.

India today accepted a proposal by experts to allow Covid-19 vaccination of pregnant women, setting the stage for expansion of the country’s inoculation drive against the deadly disease.

The Covid-19 pandemic in the last one and a half years, has resulted in multiple shutdowns, closures and now a lockdown to prevent further spread.

​​​​​​​At least 320 people were arrested and 208 people were fined on the second day of the seven-day "strict lockdown" in the capital for defying Covid-19 restrictions and health guidelines.

A group of young people caged and drowned to death an Asian Palm Civet in Karnaphuli upazila of Chattogram.

Authorities of Dhaka University have decided to waive students’ dormitory and transport fees as the university has been closed since March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Five years ago, on July 1, 2016, a single horrifying incident changed the perception of militancy in Bangladesh -- that even educated youths from well-off families can be lured into this most atrocious crime.

Pennsylvania’s highest court on Wednesday overturned Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and ordered that he be released from prison immediately.

Speakers at a webinar today demanded a separate land commission for “ethnic people” living on the plainland.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed two separate cases against a deputy director of the Department of Passport and Immigration and his wife on charges of corruption and for concealing information on wealth.

The government has deployed 106 executive magistrates to monitor implementation of seven-day lockdown from tomorrow.

While every government office has to appoint a designated officer as per the Right to Information Act, that is not the reality on ground, Md Zafar Wazed, director general of Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB) said today.