Australia has abandoned a goal to vaccinate nearly all of its 26 million population by the end of 2021 following advice that people under the age of 50 take Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine rather than AstraZeneca’s shot.

Two people suffered burn injuries in a gas explosion in a multi-storey building in Narayanganj city last night.

Once seemingly untouchable, Alibaba founder Jack Ma has endured a tumultuous run that saw his Chinese e-commerce giant hit with a record 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) antitrust fine on Saturday, resolving one key uncertainty even as others persist for himself and his business empire.

An incident at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday was caused by an act of "nuclear terrorism", the country's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said, according to state TV, adding that Tehran reserves the right to take action against the perpetrators.

Police today arrested Rupganj Jubo Dal leader Delwar Hossain Delu in a case filed over vandalism in Narayanganj on March 26 centring the March 28 hartal called by Hefajat-e-Islam.

All public, private and autonomous offices will remain closed for a week from April 14, says a Cabinet Division proposal aimed at curbing the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today said the nature of peacekeeping has changed due to the use of advanced technology and sophisticated weapons, the misuse of social media and the ongoing global epidemic.

A woman construction worker was killed and 12 of her co-workers were injured when a human hauler carrying them overturned on a road in Sadar upazila of Munshiganj today.

The High Court today refused to allow Gazi Belayet Hossain, a businessman having dual citizenship, to leave the country as an inquiry into the allegation against him of his involvement in misappropriating Tk 300 core from BASIC Bank is going on.

Five magistrates of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s (CMM) Court in Dhaka have been infected with Covid-19 recently.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has reconstituted some benches of the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court for virtually hearing and disposing of urgent cases to deal with the changed situation amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

A Dhaka court today placed Rezaul Haque alias Reza, in-charge of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), on a seven-day remand in connection with a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia may have contracted the Covid-19 virus from a staffer of her house.

What challenges will our industries face if a complete lockdown is announced? With the announcement of this short time off, workers are likely to go home and come back again. How will the risk of coronavirus infection among returning workers be addressed? What are the chances of a labour crisis?

At least 10 journalists, who were sacked from the daily Janakantha recently, were injured in an attack during a protest in front of the newspaper office in Dhaka’s Eskaton area this afternoon.

Police today arrested four people in connection with the abduction and rape of a 16-year-old from the port city’s Akbarshah area.

Qawmi madrasa-based organisation Hefajat-e-Islam announced today that it will convene Ulama-Mashayek conference on May 29 at Hathazari upazila of Chattogram.

India today prohibited the export of Remdesivir injection, which is used to treat Covid patients, and also Remdesivir Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), amidst a surge in coronavirus cases in the country.

Four food and groceries delivery services in a letter today sought permission to keep their operations open round the clock during the lockdown. They also demanded an announcement to keep food and grocery delivery services under the purview of emergency service.

A section of Supreme Court lawyers today placed a memorandum to the chief justice requesting him to form 35 virtual High Court benches for quickly disposing of cases and to provide relief to litigants and lawyers during the lockdown.