Britain began using Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in Wales just as its rollout of other shots fell to their lowest level this year due to a supply crunch caused by manufacturing problems at AstraZeneca.

A woman died after part of a brick fell on her from an under-construction building in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area this morning.

Small traders in Rajshahi demonstrated this morning when a mobile court asked them to close their shops, as per government-imposed restrictions to rein in the rising number of Covid-19 cases and deaths.

Eight persons were injured in an explosion at a plant of Bengal Drugs and Chemical Works (pharmaceuticals) Ltd in Cumilla this morning.

Police have arrested nine leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Hefajat-e-Islam while they were holding a secret meeting in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat.

Two Uyghur former government officials in China's Xinjiang have been handed death sentences for carrying out "separatist activities", a court said, as Beijing comes under increasing fire for its actions towards minority groups in the region.

Mexico’s health regulator Cofepris has authorised the emergency use of India’s Covid-19 vaccine COVAXIN, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said.

The United States said it would discuss calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics with its allies after growing pressure to shun the Winter Games on human rights grounds.

The University of Oxford said it had paused a small UK trial testing the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with AstraZeneca Plc in children and teenagers, as it waits for more data on rare blood clotting issues in adults who received the shot.

Iran and world powers held what they described as “constructive” talks and agreed to form working groups to discuss the sanctions Washington might lift and the nuclear curbs Tehran might observe as they try to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

A journalist, who covered Hefajat-e-Islam central committee’s Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque’s confinement along with a woman at a resort in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila on April 3, alleged that he was assaulted by local Hefajat activists early on Tuesday morning.

At least 13 people, including four councillors, were burnt after an explosion took place at the residence of Mayor Abdus Salam of Mirkadim municipality in Munshiganj this evening.

Bombing at a firing range from Bangladesh Air Force fighter jets at Domar Char area of Ward No-9 in Hatia’s Nijhum Dwip union under Noakhali is going on since Monday, according to a press release of Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR).

The government has recently set up cyber tribunals in all eight divisions of the country in order to hold trials of cybercrimes related cases including those filed under the Digital Security Act.

The European Union today denied blocking shipments of 3.1 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to Australia, as the bloc steps up scrutiny of vaccine exports to address shortages.

Parliamentarians of different Asian countries today suggested to create funds and launch financial instruments to ensure sustainable reintegration of migrant workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Two hundred Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds and 1,000 new isolation beds will be added to the makeshift hospital in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market within a short time, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque today.

A motorcyclist died and another person was injured after their bike hit a road divider in Dhaka’s Kakrail area this evening.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday sent a letter of thanks to Bangladesh’s agriculture minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque for playing role of the minister-in-waiting during the premiere’s recent visit to the country.

A Dhaka court today asked Paltan Model police to submit by May 27 the probe report of the case filed against Hefajat-e-Islam Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque and 16 other people over torching vehicles, vandalising shops and looting valuables.