He had performed all his duties with utmost sincerity and bravery.

While countries around the world are in hot pursuit of a Covid-19 vaccine, with several currently in the final phase of clinical trials, Bangladesh remains far behind in the race as no desperate effort is visible from the government, experts observe.

A girl, who had allegedly been raped and murdered according to an abduction case, was found alive yesterday, 51 days after her going missing from Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said the government was going to take an initiative to start antigen rapid testing in public Covid-19 labs to diagnose the coronavirus.

Multi-storied buildings in the capital are the most common breeding ground for Aedes mosquitoes -- carriers of both dengue and chikungunya viruses -- followed by the buildings under construction.

The Editors’ Council yesterday expressed surprise over the exclusion of leading newspapers from the government list of online news portals.

A Dhaka court yesterday again refused to grant bail to photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

The public administration ministry has asked all secretaries to give necessary instructions to their subordinates so that no public servant writes or talks to the media without prior approval of the authorities concerned.

In the face of Myanmar’s strategy of doing nothing about restoring normalcy in Rakhine, Bangladesh is demanding the international community to create basic services, safety, security and livelihood options for the Rohingyas who would return to Myanmar.

The situation of 6,00,000 Rohingyas still living in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has worsened -- a reality that mocks the International Court of Justice order to prevent the acts of genocide, legal experts and Rohingya activists have said.

This month marks the third anniversary of the fleeing of more than 730,000 Rohingyas from Myanmar’s Rakhine State to Bangladesh after a military-led crackdown in response to an attack by militants on Myanmar security posts.

When Bangladesh continues to bear the brunt of sheltering more than a million Rohingyas, Myanmar is doing little for their repatriation amid the silence of global powers though the Southeast Asian country faces a genocide case.

At least 78,043 Bangladeshi workers returned home from 26 countries since April amid the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, according to statistics of the expatriates’ welfare ministry.

Although the number of new infections and deaths from Covid-19 are still on the rise, authorities concerned have undertaken moves to normalise operations of public transport.

When he was the officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, Pradeep Kumar Das used to make money from bribes and corruption.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday renewed her allegations that Khaleda Zia was involved in the August 21, 2004, grenade attack as her husband Ziaur Rahman was behind the August 15, 1975 killings.

People living near Chiria Reserve Forest are sometimes woken up at night by the sound of trespassers felling trees on the hills.

Bayern Munich made Champions League history by winning the final 1-0, courtesy of Kingsley Coman’s 59th-minute strike, against Paris Saint-Germain at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon yesterday.

Not knowing how ill is his father and whether or not he is receiving proper medical care are now Monorom Polok’s biggest fears.

Five people, including three women, have been tortured in broad daylight following a “cattle theft” incident at Harbang union in Cox’s Bazar’s Chakoria.