AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford yesterday began new trials to test a modified vaccine against the Beta variant, which first emerged in South Africa.

A schoolboy was killed after abduction for ransom in Meherpur’s Gangni upazila on Saturday.

Ninety-three percent of those who received both doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine have developed antibodies against Covid-19, according to a study done at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

A Cox’s Bazar court yesterday framed charges against 15 accused, including suspended police inspector Liaqat Ali and former OC of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das, in a case over the killing of Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan.

Searchers worked early yesterday to find more than 150 missing residents amid the rubble of a Florida condo building that collapsed three days ago as questions arose about the tower’s structural integrity.

Britain’s mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign has weakened the link between infections and deaths but it has not yet been completely broken, the head of a scientific advisory body to the government said yesterday.

The High Court yesterday questioned the use of certain offensive words in a Talaq (divorce) notice.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said the government has dropped 10 coal-fired power plant projects, with total generation capacity of 8451 MW, as it seeks to revise the country’s power system master plan (PSMP).

A five-year-old child was found murdered after being raped in her home in the port city’s Chandgaon area yesterday.

A one-and-a-half-month old girl has been infected with the coronavirus in a rare case of Covid-19 in an infant.

Moscow yesterday recorded the worst daily coronavirus death toll so far for a Russian city, as countries across the Asia-Pacific region extended or reimposed restrictions to tackle fresh waves of infections.

In the event that he is jailed or murdered, Noakhali’s Basurhat municipality Mayor Quader Mirza said he had taken steps to kill Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, his wife Isratunnesa Quader, and Noakhali-4 lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury.

The High Court yesterday acquitted a death-row prisoner convicted of killing his wife in Gournadi, Barishal, in 2010.

One in every 1,000 tuberculosis (TB) patient in Bangladesh has HIV, found a recent study -- in what can be viewed as a boost to the country’s bid to end the infectious disease and meet 90-90-90 targets for HIV by 2030.

Pakistani President Yahya Khan, in a letter dated June 28, 1971, expressed his disappointment to American President Richard Nixon at Pakistan

Pineapples grown in Tangail’s Madhupur are known to be delicious, but most farmers this time are using excessive hormone to grow bigger fruits and ripe them ahead of time.

The death toll from Covid-19 in Bangladesh crossed 14,000 yesterday as health authorities reported 77 fresh deaths.

A Ukrainian soldier was killed in the conflict-ridden east of the country in a mortar and grenade attack launched from territory held by pro-Russian separatists, the military said yesterday.

A mammoth trek across southern China by a herd of elephants that has captivated the world with their playful antics has thrown a spotlight on the loss of their habitat and conservation challenges.

Myanmar authorities torched over half a billion dollars worth of narcotics across the country yesterday, sending opium, heroin and methamphetamine up in smoke as experts warn smugglers have adapted to Covid-19 travel restrictions and are back in business.