Canadian health officials said they would stop offering AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to people under age 55 and require a new analysis of the shot’s benefits and risks based on age and gender.

Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic’s richest man, was killed in a helicopter crash on a skiing trip in Alaska.

Myanmar’s security forces have killed more than 500 civilians in nearly two months of efforts to stop protests against a February 1 coup, an advocacy group said, as thousands of people took to the streets again despite the growing toll.

International support is needed to maintain humanitarian services for more than 13,000 people who have been relocated to Bhasan Char island from Cox's Bazar, the IFRC said yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday underscored the need for ambitious and concentrated global action plans to address the liquidity crisis and sovereign debt burdens now and during the post-Covid-19 era.

A man was hacked to death over a land-related dispute in Cox’s Bazar town yesterday afternoon.

The state is preparing to move an appeal before the Supreme Court challenging an HC order that granted ad-interim bail to Mahfuzur Rahman Sharod, the main accused in a case filed for raping and blackmailing a student of Rajshahi University in January last year.

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the implementing agency of metro rail projects, yesterday signed a contract with a French consulting firm for feasibility study, detailed design and tender assistance for the southern part of Metro Rail Route-5.

The United States is immediately suspending all engagement with Myanmar under a 2013 trade and investment agreement until the return of a democratically elected government, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Monday.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the extreme poverty rate will come down to 3 percent by 2030 and that the country will be free of poverty after 2041.

Two workers were killed and the driver injured when a brick-laden trolley overturned at Targaon area in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur while on its way to Kaliganj upazila.

Five people were injured as local leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies clashed with police in Gazipur this afternoon.

Pakistan's President Arif Alvi has tested positive for Covid-19, he said on Twitter on Monday, after receiving his first dose of a vaccine.

A special committee to fix public transport’s fare has proposed a 60 percent hike in bus fare, hours after the government directed all public modes of transport to operate on 50 percent of their capacity and maintain health safety guidelines.

BNP Chattogram City unit President Shahadat Hossain was arrested today following the clash between BNP men and police in Kazir Dewri area in the port city this evening.

A Chattogram court today placed a student of Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) who was later suspended, on a two-day remand for derogatory remarks about religion on social media.

Visa Inc said on Monday it will allow the use of the cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its payment network, the latest sign of growing acceptance of digital currencies by the mainstream financial industry.

Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has extended the deadline for the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service exam applications till June 30 from March 31.

At least 10 people, including five police personnel, were injured in a clash between BNP activists and police in the port city’s Kazir Deuri area today.

At the moment, government is not considering general holidays or closure like last year to tackle the transmission of coronavirus, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain said today.