A fire in an apartment block killed eight people in the Russian Urals city of Yekaterinburg in the early hours of Tuesday, the local branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee said.

A tribunal in Dhaka today framed charges against expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

China will give Myanmar a batch of coronavirus vaccines for free, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Tuesday, as the government’s top diplomat wrapped up a two-day visit to Myanmar.

Sweeping changes to the global labour market caused by the coronavirus pandemic will likely be permanent, policy makers said on Tuesday, as some industries collapse, others flourish and workers stay home.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has directed the authorities concerned to take precautionary measures to prevent the spread of bird flu in the country.

A tribunal in Sylhet today accepted the charge sheet against eight accused in the gang-rape of a woman at MC College

US greenhouse gas emissions fell 10.3% in 2020, the largest drop in emissions in the post-World War II era, as the coronavirus crippled the economy, according to a report released Tuesday by the Rhodium Group.

National Rivers Conservation Commission (NRCC) has so far identified 63,249 grabbers of over 700 rivers across the country.

Two Bangladeshi men believed to be involved in selling fake immigration documents have been arrested in Malaysia.

A thirteen-year-old girl was killed and three other people, including the victim’s mother, were injured after a wall of a one-storey building collapsed on them in Ashulia today.

Sixteen more people have died with coronavirus infection and 718 new cases have been reported in 24 hours (till 8am today) across the country.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed for eight weeks a part of the High Court verdict that directed the inspector general of police (IGP) to give Tk 20 lakh as compensation to a victim, who was wrongly arrested by police and kept in jail instead of the original accused in a case.

In a significant ruling, India’s Supreme Court today stayed the implementation of three contentious farm sector reform laws till further orders.

A man died in a fire at home in Feni early today.

The police headquarters today submitted a report to the High Court, saying that it has taken all necessary measures to ensure protection of all monuments and murals of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman across the country.

The report over the death of Hefajat-e-Islam’s former chief Shah Ahmad Shafi will be submitted on time as per the court directive, said Iqbal Hossen, Special Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI).

Detectives claimed to have arrested two individuals who deceived people -- opening Facebook accounts as Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh -- and offered jobs.

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said today that the government would have greater clarity on the export of Covid-19 vaccines from the country within the next few weeks.

Police arrested a man last night on charges of raping a class five student at her home in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat.

After a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League men kept Rajshahi University (RU) Vice-Chancellor Prof M Abdus Sobhan confined in his residence overnight, they are now holding a sit-in programme in front of the administrative buildings this morning in demand of jobs.