The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police on Tuesday arrested two Chinese nationals from the capital for allegedly importing fake sewing machines to the country.

Americans were warned again not to travel for Christmas as the latest Covid-19 surge left hospitals struggling to find beds for the sick and political leaders imposed restrictions to try to curb new infections, making for a grim holiday season.

Amid shrinking space for press freedom and changing consumers’ habits during Covid-19 pandemic, good old-fashioned, objective journalism is the key to survival for media houses, speakers said in a webinar organised by Asia News Network (ANN) on Wednesday.

Around 100 Bangladeshi workers heading to Saudi Arabia were forced to return from Abu Dhabi Monday night following the sudden decision of the Saudi government to suspend all international flights, including to and from Dhaka.

Hefajat-e Islam Emir Junayed Babunagari said the organisation’s former emir Ahmed Shafi was not killed and the allegation of him being murdered was politically motivated.

Israel yesterday was on course for a fourth national election in two years after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main governing partner, Benny Gantz, failed to resolve a dispute over the budget.

The New Zealand man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane committed violent sex crimes against at least two other women, a court revealed yesterday, as police urged any more victims to come forward.

The co-founder of BioNTech said yesterday it was “highly likely” that its vaccine against the coronavirus works against the mutated strain detected in Britain, but it could also adapt the vaccine if necessary in six weeks.

The World Health Organization cautioned against major alarm over a new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain, saying this was a normal part of a pandemic’s evolution.

An alleged yaba dealer was killed in a “gunfight” with Rab in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila on Monday night.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury and four others have been sued over the death of a pregnant woman.

A four-day director general-level border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh and Indian Border Security Force began yesterday in Guwahati, the capital of Assam state.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is garlanded today by the members of Kalyani, Gandaria ladies organisation, on his being awarded the Juliot Curie medal for peace. Members of Khulna Music College also garland him.

A gateman was killed at a level crossing as a freight train hit a truck in Dinajpur’s Phulbari upazila early yesterday.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council yesterday extended a project to install prepaid gas meters in Dhaka households, which will see 1.2 lakh more prepaid connections by December 2022.

US lawmakers on Monday backed legislation granting Sudan legal immunity for past militant attacks, a final step in a historic deal removing Khartoum from Washington’s blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism.

Public sufferings caused by the ongoing cold spell remains unabated in many districts, especially in northern region.

Two of Britain’s biggest banks are under pressure for lending tens of millions of pounds to a technology company building a telecoms network that is part-owned and used by the Myanmar military, which is accused of committing genocide against the Rohingyas.

The Hong Kong government’s decision to use a colonial-era emergency law to ban face masks at protests last year was both proportionate and legal, the city’s top court ruled yesterday.

Interpol chief Juergen Stock yesterday predicted a sharp rise in crimes with robbers seeking to get their hands on precious vaccines aimed at stopping the coronavirus pandemic.