Vice-chancellors of public universities yesterday decided in principle that admission tests for freshers would be held.

Three Covid-19 vaccine candidates developed by the Bangladeshi vaccine company Globe Biotech Ltd have been included in the draft landscape of the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The long march by anti-rape protesters from Dhaka to Noakhali came under repeated attacks in Feni yesterday after men of the ruling party and police allegedly carried out “joint attacks” on them, leaving at least 35 protesters injured.

The ruling Awami League candidates have secured their places in both Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 constituencies in the by-polls amid noticeably low voter turnout.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh will be able to prevent the further spread of the Covid-19 in the coming days.

This is how we made our cities some of the most polluted ones in the world. A steel rerolling mill in the residential area of Munshikhola in Pagla of Narayanganj is

It is not enough that victims of custodial torture and deaths be allowed to seek criminal accountability, they also have to be allowed to seek monetary compensation and there have to be mechanisms that enable it.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said there are requests from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Qatar and Bhutan for clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine.

US Deputy Secretary of State Stephan Biegun left Dhaka yesterday, giving a clear message in his three-day visit that his country wants Bangladesh on its side as the US advances the Indo-Pacific Strategy.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said not a single person in the country would remain hungry as her government gave top priority to increase food production to ensure food security for all.

While many may not remember the last time they used a landline phone, some families still have it -- either gathering dust in storage or still displayed on the corner table in the living room.

Four people, including three of a family, were killed and two others injured as a train hit a car on a level crossing in Jashore’s Noapara yesterday.

More than 400,000 new coronavirus infections were declared across the world on Thursday, a record number, as coronavirus infections exploded across Europe and America.

Bangladesh has been ranked 75th out of 107 qualifying countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020 with a score of 20.4.

Vice-chancellors of all public universities will hold further discussions on whether this year’s HSC exam results will be given no or less weight in the university admission process.

A Tangail court yesterday sentenced five people to death for gang-raping a madrasa student in 2012.

The Election Commission filed a case against Faridpur-4 lawmaker Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, known as Nixon Chowdhury, for violating the election code of conduct during the Charbhadrasan upazila parishad by-elections.

Amid rising security concerns in Asia-Pacific region, the US is showing new enthusiasm for its ties with Bangladesh due to the country’s sustained growth and political stability over the last decade and its geopolitical location, officials and foreign relations analysts said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday renewed her call to the international community, including the United States, to help Bangladesh rehabilitate Rohingyas in their homeland Myanmar.

The government is set to launch antigen-based Covid-19 rapid testing in 36 districts which don’t have RT-PCR testing facilities, officials of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.