As they did yesterday, Dhaka dwellers, especially officer goers, suffered today as public transport workers are keeping half of the seats vacant to implement the government directives to contain Covid-19 spread.

US climate envoy John Kerry will hold talks with Indian leaders during an Asian tour starting on Thursday in an effort to narrow differences on climate change goals to slow global warming.

Tech giant Apple Inc is expanding its Independent Repair Provider programme to more than 200 countries including Bangladesh.

Passengers from European countries, except the UK, and 12 other countries will not be allowed to enter Bangladesh.

India widened the Covid-19 vaccination coverage by starting inoculation of all above the age of 45 from today.

A foreign worker at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project has been found dead in his dormitory in Pabna’s Ishwardi.

Bhasantek police recovered the body of a woman from a carton near Dhaka Dental College in the capital this morning.

A total of 11 cases have been filed so far in connection with the destruction carried out by Hefajat-e Islam activists in Brahmanbaria over three days till Sunday.

Authorities have announced a two-week closure of the Kuakata tourist spot following an alarming spike in the spread of Covid-19 across the country.

The company at the center of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard an unknown amount of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from US health officials for quality control problems.

A Hong Kong court found seven prominent democrats guilty of unauthorised assembly, including barrister Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, the latest blow to the city’s beleaguered democracy movement.

French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals.

Brazil’s Defense Ministry named new commanders of its armed forces a day after the previous three chiefs were sacked as part of President Jair Bolsonaro’s unprecedented attempt to meddle in the military.

Myanmar activists held protests across the country overnight two months after the military seized power, as a United Nations special envoy warned that “a bloodbath is imminent” because of the intensified crackdown on anti-coup demonstrations.

International tourist arrivals fell by 87 percent year-on-year in January due to the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said yesterday.

A 19-year-old boy landed in jail yesterday after a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader sued him under the Digital Security Act for making a music video that features photos of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Internationally renowned Bangladeshi actor Jaya Ahsan was elated after winning the Best Actress (Critics) honour at the Joy Filmfare Awards (Bangla) last night for her roles in "Bijoya" and "Robibar" – which she said were as different from each other as the north and south poles.

Iconic Bangladeshi actor Jaya Ahsan today won the Best Actress (Critics) award at the Joy Filmfare Awards (Bangla) for her roles in "Bijoya" and "Robibar".

John Kerry, the United States’ special presidential envoy for climate, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on April 9 on a daylong visit during which Bangladesh will convey its priority issues to him on the climate front.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque said the Dhaka North City Corporation kitchen market in Mohakhali will be turned into a makeshift hospital dedicated for novel coronavirus patients.