A homegrown coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out in India from today even though clinical trials haven’t been completed. But the government insists it will be safe and effective.

Bangladesh saw a daily infection rate of 5.57 percent with 762 new cases reported in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.

The government plans to roll out Covid-19 vaccines next month without any dry run and antibody test, which, experts say, are two critical aspects of a vaccination programme.

Donald Trump’s impeachment Wednesday confirmed that “no one is above the law,” US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after the defiant Republican president was impeached for the second time in 13 months.

All the accused in 25 rape cases filed from 2012 to 2016 were granted bail between 24 hours and 15 days of arrest, although the offence is not bailable under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act 2000.

The first consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, produced by Serum Institute of India, will arrive in the country on January 25 or 26, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

At least two people died and three others got injured since Wednesday in clashes ahead of the municipality polls in Jhenidah and Barguna.

The authorities have frozen over Tk 1,000 crore in different bank accounts of 62 people, who allegedly abetted former NRB Global Bank MD PK Halder to launder money abroad from four non-bank financial institutions.

One side of Salehpur bridge on Dhaka-Aricha highway has been closed to traffic after officials detected cracks on a girder Wednesday afternoon.

Six foreign airlines have expressed interest in operating flights to Dhaka, thanks to favourable regulatory policy, vibrant market, and high profitability.

Around mid-February in 2019, a Bangladesh Biman pilot felt something hit his aircraft while taking off from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

The US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the uniformed leaders of the military branches, on Tuesday put out a rare message to service members saying the violent riots last week were an assault on America’s constitutional process and against the law.

As confusion continues over the price of Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, the government and the Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd have reiterated that Bangladesh will get the vaccine at the same price India is paying.

A bipartisan majority of lawmakers in the House of Representatives yesterday voted to impeach Donald Trump seven days from the end of his term, assuring he becomes the first US president to be impeached twice.

The government may allow human trial of three vaccine candidates in the country to enhance the possibility of getting more Covid vaccines, say officials.

The government attempt to get a corruption case withdrawn in Sylhet is a “naked interference” into the affairs of the Anti-Corruption Commission, observed the High Court.

The government would start providing training to the healthcare staffers from today in an effort to ensure safe and efficient Covid-19 vaccine administration.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday urged for the withdrawal of two cases filed on Monday against his predecessor Sayeed Khokon.

The High Court has observed that police authorities have miserably failed to hold a handful of corrupt officials accountable, for which the higher police authorities cannot absolve responsibility.

The physical work of the country’s first underground metro rail is expected to begin in June, as the authorities have almost completed necessary preparatory work for this project.