In the murky story of how a cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate ended up on the Beirut waterfront, one thing is clear — no one has ever publicly come forward to claim it.

Water levels in different rivers of the country may rise again by the end of this month which may lead to fresh flooding in some areas.

Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers' welfare platform, today demanded the withdrawal of increased fares of buses and minibuses as transport owners are not maintaining health guidelines to prevent coronavirus transmission.

A mobile court under Bogura district administration today destroyed three shallow machines and seized six more for illegally lifting sand from the Korotoa river.

Johnson & Johnson could produce 1 billion doses of its potential Covid-19 vaccine next year if it proves successful and would consider injecting healthy volunteers with the novel coronavirus if there are not enough patients for final trials, a company executive has said.

The condition of India’s former President Pranab Mukherjee, who underwent a surgery for removal of a clot in his brain, has worsened.

Import-export between India and Bangladesh through the Benapole port was suspended since this morning on the occasion of Janmashtami.

An announcement by Russia on Tuesday that it will approve a Covid-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing prompted alarm among global health experts, who said that with no full trial data, the vaccine is hard to trust.

Britain and France will work “at pace” to finalise a new plan for shutting down a migrant route across the Channel, British immigration minister Chris Philp says.

The officer-in-charge of Bamna Police Station in Barguna was withdrawn today for slapping an assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) while he was on duty at a human chain on August 8.

A Dhaka court has fixed August 13 for hearing on framing charges against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others in a case filed for misappropriating and laundering about Tk 4 crore from Farmers Bank in 2016.

Three people who were made witnesses in the murder case filed by police in connection with the killing of Major (retd) Md Rashed Khan Sinha have been sent to jail after they were arrested by Rapid Action Battalion members from Marishbania in Cox's Bazar.

India will emerge victorious in the fight against the pandemic if the virus is defeated in the 10 states which account for over 80 percent of active Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

The condition of India’s former President Pranab Mukherjee, who tested positive for coronavirus and underwent a surgery last night to remove a clot in his brain, remains critical, the hospital where he is being treated said today.

The European Union is providing Euro 1.65 million in humanitarian aid funding in response to severe flooding that have affected South Asia -- most notably Bangladesh, India and Nepal.

Bhutan ordered its first nationwide lockdown on Tuesday (Aug 11) after a returning resident tested positive for coronavirus after being discharged from quarantine and coming into close contact with people in the capital Thimphu.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that a coronavirus vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use and one of his daughters has already been inoculated.

The US Secret Service abruptly escorted President Donald Trump out of the White House press room in the middle of a briefing on Monday because of a shooting outside the White House.

The GDP growth rate of Bangladesh has reached 5.24 percent in the last fiscal year despite the impact of coronavirus pandemic while the per capita income increased to USD 2,064, according to the provisional estimation of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

33 die, 2,996 infected, 1,535 recover in 24 hours