There is no militancy link or sabotage plan behind yesterday’s blast in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj upazila, Rapid Action Battalion said today.

Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering returned to his country today and started a 21-day mandatory quarantine.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the country’s independence.

A Dhaka court today accepted the charges brought against nine accused in a case filed over the attack on former US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat's convoy in August 2018.

Norway’s soccer players marked the start of their quest to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by protesting against the gulf state’s alleged treatment of workers before kick off in their opening match against Gibraltar on Wednesday.

Australia has announced $10 million in emergency assistance from the existing humanitarian budget to those affected by the fire in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.

Bangladesh turns 50 this week as an economic success story but also an increasingly repressive de facto one-party state where a cartoon or Facebook post can land you in jail, or worse.

Defence for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today -- for the second day -- continued hearing on charge framing in connection with the Niko graft case.

AstraZeneca’s said its Covid-19 vaccine was 76 percent effective in a new analysis of its US trial - only a tad lower than the level in an earlier report this week criticised for using outdated data.

In-person classes at all schools and colleges across the country may resume after Eid-ul-Fitr if the surge in coronavirus cases continues, Education Minister Dipu Moni said today.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will bring 12 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccine during his upcoming Bangladesh visit as “gift”, Prof ABM Khurshid Alam, director general of health directorate said today.

Strung across remote mountain settlements, a secret network of activists and volunteers is helping spirit hundreds of defecting Myanmar policemen away from the military’s brutal crackdown on dissent and into relative safety in a small northeastern Indian state.

Six days into the arrest of Jhumon Das Apon for his Facebook post, allegedly criticising Hefajat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque, police filed a case against him under Digital Security Act on Monday.

Amidst a second wave of Covid-19 cases across the country, India has decided to not ramp up vaccine exports and to focus more on supply for its domestic requirement, official sources said today.

A 35-year man was allegedly shot dead by miscreants in Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila last night.

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday named Vice President Kamala Harris to lead US efforts with Mexico and Central America’s Northern Triangle countries to try to stem the flow of migration to the United States.

The United States is planning to impose sanctions on two conglomerates controlled by Myanmar’s military over the generals February 1 coup and a deadly crackdown, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Low tide overnight has slowed efforts to dislodge a 400-metre long, 224,000-tonne container vessel that has choked traffic in both directions along the Suez Canal and created the world’s largest shipping jam.

India’s competition watchdog yesterday ordered a probe into a WhatsApp privacy policy update, saying the Facebook Inc-owned messaging service had breached antitrust laws.

The government has plans to build an underground railway network with 258 kilometres of tracks in Dhaka and ease congestion on the roads.