There is no uncertainty about getting the vaccine from the Serum Institute of India and the second dose will be administered as per schedule, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has proposed 60 percent hike in launch fare on condition that they will carry 50 percent passengers of their capacity and will follow health safety guidelines.

Police yesterday arrested 20 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from Char Samantoshar at Gosairhat of Shariatpur district on charges of “planning subversive activity”.

The cabinet committee on purchase today approved purchase of another 50,000 tonnes of rice from an Indian supplier.

Abdul Quader Mirza, mayor of Basurhat municipality and younger brother of Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, has resigned from his post in the ruling party.

The 12th session of the current parliament may only have three sittings (working day) considering the deteriorating scenario of Covid-19 pandemic throughout the country and globally, sources at the Parliament Secretariat said today.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has justified Bangladesh’s vote against a UN resolution, seeking collection and preservation of evidence of war crimes committed by Sri Lanka’s armed forces and the LTTE.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said it is evident that the world has started seeing Bangladesh in a new light.

Khulna Speedy Trial Tribunal today sentenced 26 people to life term imprisonment in a murder case of Narail.

The country's stock market nosedived today by 1.76 per cent due to the fear of deterioration of the pandemic situation.

A Rajshahi court issued an arrest warrant against BNP leader Mizanur Rahman Minu today. Minu, an adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, and three other party leaders were accused in a sedition case filed for “making a hint that another assassination like in 1975 could occur”.

Four people were killed in a road accident on Chattogram-Kaptai highway in Raozan upazila of Chattogram early today

Leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam were not sued immediately after the spree of attacks to avoid any sort of controversy, Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed said today.

Customs intelligence officials have recovered 71 gold bars -- weighing over eight kg -- in two separate drives at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

The Bangladesh Bank has formed a Tk 500 crore fund in order to help new entrepreneurs aged between 21 and 45 years start businesses.

Commuters, especially office-goers, have been facing difficulties since this morning as public transports have started operating at 50 percent occupancy in Dhaka and adjacent areas in line with the latest government directive.

Mufti Muhammad Waqqas, a member of the central advisory council of Hefajat-e Islam and president of a faction of Jamiat Ulamaye Islam, died of Covid-19 at a Dhaka hospital today. He was 74.

At least 1,500 unidentified persons were sued in six cases filed with Hathazari Police Station in connection with the clash between police and Hefajat-e-Islam activists, during anti-Modi protest in Chattogram.

Expressing concern over the rapid surge in Covid-19 cases in the country, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has said lawyers need not wear black coats and gowns to participate in court proceedings amid the ongoing situation.

A leader of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti (MN Larma) was shot dead, allegedly by a co-worker, in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati early today.