Democratic lawmakers circulated articles of impeachment yesterday to remove President Donald Trump from office after his supporters attacked the US Capitol in a violent breach, Representative David Cicilline said.

A Saudi court has rejected the bail petitions of three accused arrested in a case filed for the murder of a Bangladeshi domestic worker in Saudi Arabia two years ago.

Facebook Inc said it would block US President Donald Trump’s accounts “indefinitely” and for at least the next two weeks until the presidential transition is completed. The decision by Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg comes after Facebook announced on Wednesday it would lock Trump’s account for 24 hours as tech giants scrambled to crack down on his baseless claims about the US presidential election and hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol.

Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram region fined a union parishad chairman Tk 15 lakh damaging 14 lakh cubic feet of hill.

The first shipment of coronavirus vaccine Covishield developed by Oxford University-AstraZeneca and manufactured by Serum Institute of India is all set to reach Delhi tonight as India prepares to roll out the shots for nearly 30 crore people in the first phase.

An O-level student has died after she was allegedly raped in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area this afternoon.

The government has imposed 10 percent tariff on onion import order to protect interests of growers, said a notification issued by National Board of Revenue (NBR) today.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh today made it mandatory for all outbound passengers to have PCR-based Covid-19 negative certificates obtained from government authorised testing facilities or hospitals.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is making every effort to bring Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh fast.

The government today gave permission to Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited for emergency use of Covishield -- the Indian version of the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine.

President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Dr Rubana Huq has said the current downtrend in RMG export will probably continue till April of this year.

Japan expects Bangladesh’s first metro rail line in Dhaka to be operational this year despite the coronavirus pandemic that had slowed down all economic activities.

Referring to Ekattor TV allowing Proshanta Kumar Halder, a fugitive accused of a money laundering case, to participate in a live talk show and interview, the High Court has observed that no accused or convict of non-bailable and cognizable offences is entitled to make any comment or interview through the media.

Major General Mohammad Ayub Chowdhury, director general of the department of immigration and passport (DIP), called on officials to make the passport services more dynamic.

The coronavirus-hit Indian economy is estimated to contract 7.7 percent in the 2020-21 financial year compared to the 4.2 percent growth in the previous fiscal mainly because of pandemic’s fallout, said government data released today.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today dropped from its hearing list the leave-to-appeal petitions filed challenging the High Court verdict in Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master murder case.

Bangladesh has reiterated the importance of resolving outstanding bilateral issues with Pakistan, including an official apology from Pakistan for the genocide it committed during Bangladesh's Liberation War in 1971.

Despite their limitations, Felani’s parents put in all their effort to get justice but their wait is yet to end.

Four Bangladeshi members of an international human trafficking ring have been arrested from the capital's Uttara area, according to Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

A Dhaka court today asked Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) again to submit by February 3 probe reports of two sedition cases filed against Hefajat-e-Islam chief Junayed Babunagari and two other leaders.