The death toll at a Covid-19 hospital in India following oxygen cylinder leak has climbed to 24 with two more patients dying, said District Collector Suraj Mandhare.

A case was filed against former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur under Digital Security Act in Rajshahi today on charge of hurting religious sentiments of Awami League activists and supporters through a Facebook live session on April 14.

Eight people have been jailed for inciting anarchy and violence over the arrest of Hefajat-e-Islam Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque in Zakiganj of Sylhet.

An imam in Bogura's Dhunat upazila was sacked over his Facebook post in favour of Hefajat-e-Islam's Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque.

Police yesterday arrested a local journalist in Khulna under the Digital Security Act.

The European Union’s drug regulatory agency said Tuesday that it found a “possible link” between Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine and extremely rare blood clots and that a warning should be added to the label. But experts at the agency reiterated that the vaccine’s benefits outweigh the risks.

Police today recovered the body of a newly-wed 16-year-old from her in-laws' house in Jorarpur village of Kumarkhali in Kushtia.

Even as India battles an alarming increase in daily Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight cautioned states against imposing of lockdowns, contending that both health and economy should be taken care of.

The administration has sealed off Maize Advance Argo Refineries (MAAR) Limited, a dry starch powder producing company, in Habiganj on charge of environmental pollution.

Kishwar Chowdhury has been making headlines for successfully securing a place among the top 24 contestants of MasterChef Australia Season 13. What's more inspiring than achieving this feat is her love and passion for Bangladeshi food.

As Covid-19 cases are on the rise, patients and their families are desperately trying to get ICU beds.

Attorney General AM Amin Uddin today told the High Court that he does not know whether there is any oxygen crisis in the hospitals of the country.

A Dhaka court will virtually hear on April 22 the petition submitted to show Rafiqul Islam Madani, widely known as "Shishu Bokta", arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

A total of 507 Rohingya refugees were infected with Covid-19 in the camps of Cox's Bazar since the coronavirus outbreak started March last year.

Eighteen Bangladeshi nationals out of 1500, who returned from India through Benapole border in Jashore in the last six days amid the “strict lockdown” have tested positive for coronavirus.

In an apparent bid to come to an understanding about the arrest of several of its top leaders, a delegation of Hefajat-e Islam held a meeting with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal at the latter’s residence in the capital last night.

Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police detained an activist of Hefajat-e-Islam from Ramganj of Laxmipur yesterday over an offensive post on his Facebook account about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Police sub-inspector (SI) Salauddin Sheikh, 45, was beaten to death by his younger brother at Batasi village in Narail's Lohagarh upazila this noon.

Renewing passports have suddenly become a “wild goose chase” for Bangladeshi migrants in Oman.

Cuba's ruling Communist Party elected President Miguel Diaz-Canel to succeed Raul Castro as party first secretary, the most powerful position in the country, on the final day of its congress on Monday.