Security forces in Central African Republic repelled an attack today by armed groups seeking to seize the capital Bangui, athorities said, in a marked escalation of fighting with rebels opposed to the president.

The wife of an expatriate was allegedly stabbed by a UP member in Chaugachha Upazila of Jashore last night.

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

Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said on Tuesday it has suspended Donald Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last week’s assault on the US Capitol by the president’s supporters.

The US government executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, early on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court cleared the last hurdle for her execution by overturning a stay.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use and began efforts to vaccine millions of people in the world’s fourth most populated country.

One person died and at least six others were injured after the compressor of an air-conditioner exploded at a visa processing office in Dhaka's Gulshan area this afternoon.

A Dhaka court today allowed police to conduct drug test on Fardin Iftekhar Dihan, the lone accused arrested in a case filed over the rape and murder of an O-level student in Dhaka's Kalabagan area.

Bangladesh’s Beximco Pharmaceuticals will buy up to three million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Serum Institute of India at about USD 8 each for sale in the private market, Beximco’s chief operating officer told Reuters.

A Dhaka tribunal today granted ad interim bail to Baul singer Rita Dewan in a case filed for “hurting religious sentiment” under the Digital Security Act.

A Bangladeshi man with asthma was not deported from France after his lawyer argued that he risked a severe deterioration in his condition, and possibly premature death, due to the dangerous levels of pollution in his homeland, according to The Guardian.

A man was stabbed to death, allegedly by a group of muggers in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area, early today.

A contingent of 122 members of Bangladesh Armed Forces have reached Delhi yesterday to participate in the 2021 Republic Day parade there in commemoration of Bangladesh’s 50th anniversary of independence.

The nephew of former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha today completed his deposition before a Dhaka court in a money laundering case.

Body of a youth hanging from a tree was recovered today from Dhaka’s Motijheel T&T colony area.

While India is rolling out Covishield and Covaxin vaccines against Covid-19 on January 16, its government has indicated that recipients of the jabs may not have the option to choose the one they want to be inoculated with.

The director of intelligence for the US Capitol Police warned Congress in July that rebellion against COVID-19 precautions had accelerated violence by right-wing “revolutionary extremists,” according to congressional testimony.

A man was killed after a truck hit his motorcycle in Dhaka’s Shyamoli area last night.

Public settings, such as schools, childcare centres, nursing homes, hospitals and correctional facilities can play a key role in ensuring people are provided with healthy food and helping prevent the 8 million annual deaths currently caused by unhealthy diets, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.

With at least five Republicans joining their push to impeach President Donald Trump over the storming of the US. Capitol, Democrats in the House of Representatives stood poised for a history-making vote to try to remove the president from office.