Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has urged countrymen to ensure children’s wellbeing by vaccinating them on time.

A total of 246 people, many of whom are Bangladesh-born French citizens were repatriated to Paris today by a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines due to suspension of regular flight operation on most of the international routes due to Covid-19 pandemic.

The High Court today directed the government to form a committee to monitor whether health guidelines are properly maintained at all the bar association premises to contain the spread of coronavirus.

University Grants Commission (UGC) approves a budget of Tk 8,485.12 crore for 46 public universities of the country for 2020-21 fiscal year.

Dr Samirul Islam, an associate professor and head of the Orthopaedics Department of Chattogram Medical College Hospital, has died in a private hospital in the port city.

icddr,b’s globally recognised diagnostic centre at Mohakhali, Dhaka will offer SARS CoV-2 tests to suspected coronavirus patients, starting from June 26.

An alleged drug dealer has been killed in a gunfight with a member of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Panchbibi Upazila of Joypurhat.

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that granted bail to two contractors accused in a corruption case involving Tk 10 crore in supplying machinery and equipment to Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH).

Eminent Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Mohammad Idrisur Rahman has died from Covid-19.

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that he has been assured by Russia that ongoing bilateral defence hardware supply contracts would be not only maintained but in a number of cases taken forward faster.

Thirty-seven people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

A virtual court in Dhaka has rejected a bail petition of photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

The World Bank has approved $500 million to help Bangladesh improve road connectivity along the Jashore-Jhenaidah corridor covering four western districts.

Amid a shortage of ICU beds equipped with lifesaving ventilators in most hospitals in Chattogram, Premier Cement has provided seven medical ventilators to the recently introduced Covid-19 unit at Chattogram Maa O Shishu Hospital.

The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday — issuing a plea for people to avoid crowds and wear masks just hours before mask-shunning President Donald Trump was set to address a crowd of his young supporters in one hot spot.

Political tensions between the rival Koreas had been rising over Pyongyang's objections to plans by defector-led groups in the South to send propaganda leaflets into the North. Stalled negotiations regarding economic sanctions imposed because of the North's nuclear weapons programme had also fuelled tensions.

Mashuk Chowdhury, a renowned poet and Chief News Editor of Bangladesh Pratidin, has died of pneumonia at a hospital in Dhaka.

China National Biotec Group (CNBG) has won approval to run a large-scale “Phase 3” clinical trial of its novel coronavirus vaccine candidate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the company says.

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 has struck the coast of southern Mexico, killing at least one person, buckling paved roads, and setting off a tsunami in nearby Pacific coastal areas.

The confessional statement of Charles Rupom Sarker, the prime accused in the murder of his business partner Helal Uddin, has revealed grisly details of the murder including how he blackmailed his wife Moni Sarker into cutting the victim’s body into pieces for easy disposal.