Israel’s president has invited the United Arab Emirates’ de facto leader to visit Jerusalem, praising his role in achieving a “noble and courageous” deal to normalise relations between Israel and the UAE.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has busted two shops on the ground floor of a 10-storey residential building in Old Dhaka’s Tikatuli area for illegally storing a huge stash of explosive chemicals.

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will arrive in Bangladesh tomorrow in the first high level official visit from India since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, The Times Of India reported.

The Visva Bharati University in West Bengal’s Santiniketan has been closed indefinitely following violent protests by students and locals against the authority’s decision to construct a boundary wall around the venue for Poush Mela, a key annual cultural event of the institution held every winter.

Legendary Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj died following a cardiac arrest at his home in New Jersey, his daughter Durga Jasraj said. He was 90.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to Iqbal Hossain Bhuiyan, a business partner of SD Survey, in five separate cases filed in connection with the Basic Bank loan scam.

The government has prepared the paper book of the Holey Artisan Bakery attack case, clearing the way for the High Court to start hearing on its death reference and appeals.

For almost 200 years, Fakir Lalon Shah’s philosophy has transcended borders and enriched the minds of Bauls and lovers of his immortal songs across the world. Yet, Lalon Academy that is meant to spread the word of the bard seems to be faltering in doing so.

England’s school examinations regulator has said it made a mistake with the way it awarded grades to school students in England after their exams were cancelled due to Covid-19, and the grades would now be based on teachers’ assessments instead.

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram today fined one person and five companies, including two shipbreaking yards, a total of Tk 22.60 lakh for violating its conditions.

Sixty-eight Bangladeshi expatriates have been sent back from Abu Dhabi International Airport after they allegedly failed to meet necessary conditions for immigration clearance.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has opened a 120-bed Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Isolation and Treatment Center (SARI ITC) to treat those infected with Covid-19 in a Rohingya camp at Cox’s Bazar.

Shipra Debnath has said she will file a case under the Digital Security Act against those who had been sharing her photos on Facebook.

At least 16 people were killed in an attack by al Shabaab on a seaside hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a government spokesman has said, as the Islamist group launched a similar assault on a Somali military base.

China's vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, state media reported, citing documents from the country's intellectual property regulator.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel is preparing for direct flights, over Saudi Arabia, to the United Arab Emirates as part of its normalisation deal with the UAE.

An experimental exhibition on five methods to prevent erosion has been held at a village on the shoal of Teesta River in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat.

Abdul Majid, husband of Bir Protik Taramon Bibi, passed away at his home at Kacharipara village in Char Rajibpur upazila of Kurigram today. He was 67.

Alexander Lukashenko, the leader of Belarus, has said he would be willing to hand over power after a referendum, in an apparent bid to pacify mass protests and strikes that pose the biggest challenge to his 26 years in office.

Bangladesh government has decided to appoint Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan as the next ambassador of Bangladesh to Germany.