Bangladesh wants Covid vaccines to be declared as public goods

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that Bangladesh firmly believed that coronavirus vaccines should ...

Seven more Hefazat supporters arrested over B’baria incident

Police have arrested seven more people in connection with last month’s mayhem by Hefazat-e-Islam supporters..

Babunagari asks govt to release arrested Hefazat leaders

Hefazat-e-Islam amir Junayed Babunagari on Monday demanded the release of their arrested leaders via a statement on social media.

24.5m non-poor people slip into poverty due to Covid-19: Survey

The number of the new poor in the country stood at 24.5 million, or 14.7 per cent of total population, in March..

Trump calls Afghanistan withdrawal 'a wonderful and positive thing to do' and criticizes Biden's timeline

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday praised withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan, while knocking his successor's timeline for doing so.

Covid-19 vaccine demand is slowing in parts of the US. Now an uphill battle starts to get more shots into arms

When health officials in Ohio's Mercer County opened their first Covid-19 vaccine drive-thru clinic in January,..

Chinese feminists are being silenced by nationalist trolls. Some are fighting back

The torrent of hate messages filling Liang Xiaowen's inbox stopped as suddenly as it had started.

4 die of Covid-19 every hour in Bangladesh

The daily number of Covid deaths hit a fresh record of 102 in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Sunday as the fresh wave..

5th Day of Restrictions, More people on road, more shops open

Public movements increased on the streets of the city and elsewhere in the country as hundreds of roadside businesses..

Fresh case filed against Nur

A member of the central committee of Awami Juba League filed a case against former Dhaka University..