A man was shot dead and another was injured in a clash between supporters of two ward councillor candidates in the port city’s Mogoltuli Mogpukur Par area last night.

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.

Bangladesh will seek to retain the zero duty benefit and the market access for five years after its graduation to a developing country as the pandemic took a heavy toll on the nation’s economy.

Noted journalist Mizanur Rahman Khan, the joint editor of Prothom Alo, died at a city hospital yesterday.

Covid-19 vaccination would start from the first week of February.

The results of last year’s HSC and equivalent examinations are expected to be published by January 28, said Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam.

In 2012, Ayesha Siddiqua saw a circular for Muslim marriage registrars for Dinajpur’s Phulbari municipality.

The verbal spats between the former and incumbent mayors of Dhaka South City Corporation have now turned into a legal battle as the former has been sued for making “defamatory comments” against the latter.

The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has detected financial anomalies in the Election Commission’s expenditure on paying many of its trainers ahead of the last parliamentary polls and upazila elections.

Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday said a person of his stature should not reply to comments made by his predecessor Sayeed Khokon.

An efficient government policy to collect, reserve and import rice is crucial to maintaining a balanced price in the market, said the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh yesterday.

The government has cancelled the freedom fighter certificate of former army officer Risaldar Mosleh Uddin, a convicted killer of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangabandhu’s January 10, 1972 speech has all the guidelines required to run an independent state.

The country’s Covid-19 vaccination drive will soon begin, with an app for online registration set to be operational from January 21.

When one applies for a loan from any financial institution, the lender has to make sure that the loan application goes through at least five layers of scrutiny.

The government decided to take the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from COVAX despite challenges of maintaining the cold chain and ensuring the supply of the particular syringes required.

Former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation Sayeed Khokon yesterday claimed incumbent Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh to be ineligible to continue the mayoral post.

The government should explore more sources of Covid-19 vaccines, instead of relying only on the ones currently being considered, and take part in vaccine trials immediately to meet future needs, experts say.

Police are looking for a security guard of the building where the 17-year-old girl was raped before her death on Thursday.