Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today urged two lawyers to withdraw the cases they filed against his predecessor Sayeed Khokon. The cases were filed yesterday.

The FBI has warned of armed protests being planned for Washington and all 50 US state capitals in the run-up to President-elect Joe Biden’s January 20 inauguration, a federal law enforcement source said on Monday.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called for a “collective commitment” to get vaccinations underway worldwide for health workers and others who are at high risk of contracting Covid-19, in the next 100 days.

Noted journalist Mizanur Rahman Khan, also Joint Editor of Prothom Alo and among the few journalists in the country who became known for his expertise on writing on judicial matters, was laid to rest today at the Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in the city’s Mirpur.

The first consignment of Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine made by Serum Institute of India, left for Delhi and other Indian cities from the institute's Pune facility today.

Three persons drowned as a stone-carrying truck fell into a stream (chhora) after a bailey bridge collapsed in Rangamati Sadar upazila this morning.

Twitter Inc said it has suspended more than 70,000 accounts since Friday that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content after last week’s violence in Washington when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol.

US Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced his resignation unexpectedly Monday as worries rose over more violence during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week.

A group of Bangladesh Chhatra League men confined Rajshahi University Vice-chancellor Prof M Abdus Sobhan, two pro vice-chancellors and the proctor at the VC’s residence in the university campus tonight, demanding jobs at the university.

Democrats began the process of impeaching President Donald Trump for a second time on Monday if Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet do not remove him from office.

As conversations rage on about a recently-released High Court verdict which banned women from being Muslim marriage registrars, it is imperative to remember that it was a woman -- a marriage registrar candidate -- who had challenged the patriarchy.

Twenty-one eminent citizens of the country have expressed their disappointment over the High Court’s verdict that said women cannot become Nikah (Muslim marriage) registrars due to certain "physical conditions" and social as well as practical situations of the country.

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directives on the authorities concerned to give Tk 1 crore as compensation to the family of small-screen actor Asha Chowdhury who died in a road accident in Dhaka on January 5 this year.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed has said parents have to take the responsibility of monitoring their children to ensure their wellbeing.

UNDP, in partnership with the National Human Rights Commission, has launched Low-Value Grants (LVG) to foster small-scale innovative actions to address human rights issues during and after the Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh, engaging civil society organisations and community radios.

A court in Khulna today sentenced a land official to three years in prison in a case filed for embezzling Tk 99,056 of land development tax without depositing it to the government treasury.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is an inspiration not just to the Bengalis but also to many who fight for liberty and democracy across the globe, according to top British parliamentarians and diplomats.

The Indian government today placed an order with Serum Institute of India (SII) to purchase the first tranche of 11 million doses of the Covishield vaccine at 210 rupees each, official sources said.

Mizanur Rahman Khan, joint editor of Prothom Alo, passed away this evening.

The High Court today directed United Hospital authorities to pay Tk 30 lakh to each of the families of four victims, who were killed in a fire at its isolation unit on May 27 last year, within 15 days.