BNP today proposed the formation of an “all-party committee” to contain the second wave of coronavirus in Bangladesh.

A man was shot dead in front of his house at Sharafbhata area in Chattogram’s Rangunia upazila this afternoon.

Chhatra League leaders in Brahmanbaria today said BCL will file a sedition case against Hefajat-e-Islam if the organisation does not offer an apology over a false claim about the mayhem in the district.

Six Bangladeshi American organisations urged US Department of State to declare Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh a terrorist outfit and to ban the organisation immediately.

Five out of 14 arrested in connection with the Narayanganj launch capsize were placed on remand today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government wants to develop the country and for that reason it needs more energy.

The government will impose a seven-day strict lockdown from April 14 to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said today.

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry departed Dhaka at 5.48 pm today.

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced, reports BBC.

Police have arrested four members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) for their alleged involvement in extortion in the capital’s Hatirjheel area.

The US has committed to make vaccines available for other countries soon after 100 million Americans are inoculated in the first 100 days of President Joe Biden’s administration, said US Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry today.

A whale carcass washed ashore at Himchari beach in Cox's Bazar this morning.

Sixty-three people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Two alleged drug peddlers and an alleged mugger were arrested during three separate drives conducted by Rapid Action Battalion in Feni.

A former professional football player shot and killed a prominent South Carolina doctor, his wife, two grandchildren and another man before taking his own life at his home a short distance away, authorities said.

Amidst protests from shop owners and employees, the government has decided to allow shops to open during the “lockdown”. Will markets end up becoming a health hazard again?

Residents of northern areas on the Caribbean island of St Vincent have been ordered to evacuate homes due to a significant increase in the risk of an eruption at the La Soufriere volcano, the government said.

A panel of Indian experts is investigating if there are any domestic cases of blood clotting, even mild ones, as a side effect of the two Covid-19 vaccines being administered in the country.

At least six lawmakers from Myanmar are sheltering in India after fleeing their country amid fears they could be detained by the military junta that seized power in a coup, an advisor to the body representing the ousted government said.