India has decided to go for acquisition of various weapon platforms and equipment, including 21 MiG-29 fighter jets from Russia, at an approximate cost of Rs 38,900 crore.

The Indian arm of global consumer giant Unilever (ULVR.L) has said its much-criticised skin cream ‘Fair & Lovely’ will be rebranded as ‘Glow & Lovely’.

The European Union has announced €32 million (around Tk 304 crore) for some one million Rohingyas sheltered in Cox’s Bazar and Bangladeshi host communities, an EU Delegation in Dhaka said in a statement today.

With an aim to turn police into a people-friendly force, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed has started collecting suggestion from all rank officials, especially those working in the field.

Flood-hit people in the northern and north-eastern districts of Bangladesh are passing difficult days as they suffer from a lack of food, drinking water and other essentials. Many have said they did not get any relief from the government during this period.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has sought strong partnership with the United Nations as he feared that Covid-19 may impede the progresses in the area of SDG achievements and the country’s graduation trajectory from LDC status.

Police have recovered the bodies of two brothers in remote Ruma upazila of Bandarban, two days after they were killed in a clash between villagers.

Five port users' organisations have suspended import of Indian goods through Benapole port for the second day today, protesting India's refusal to accept Bangladeshi exported goods.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today gave three months more time to renew trade license and pay holding tax without any surcharge or fine.

A group of teachers today said that introduction of online classes in an unplanned and unprepared manner at universities will be suicidal and will create further discrimination among students.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to continue the operations of the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division this month through virtual systems using information and communication technology and without physical presence, in order to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Four people were killed and two others injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Lalmonirhat today, said police.

Hundreds of elephants have died mysteriously in Botswana's famed Okavango Delta, the head of the wildlife department said Thursday, ruling out poaching as the tusks were found intact.

Thirty-eight people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, says during a briefing.

India's coronavirus cases’ tally went past six lakh mark today, just five days after it crossed the five lakh mark, with a 24-hour increase of 19,148 cases.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has submitted a compliance report to the High Court, saying it is monitoring whether hospitals across the country are refusing to provide treatment to any patient infected with Covid-19 or other ailments.

Workers of Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited in Brahmanbaria staged a demonstration this morning, to protest a decision of the authorities to slash Eid bonuses of their second and third class employees.

A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar kills at least 126 people, with more feared dead, authorities says, after a heap of mining waste collapsed into a lake and buried many workers under mud and water.

Two more doctors have died from coronavirus in Dhaka in the last 24 hours.

Nations who fail to use every mechanism available to combat the still-raging novel coronavirus will struggle to beat it, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.