Egypt's parliament gives President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi the green light for possible military intervention in Libya by approving the deployment of armed forces abroad to fight "terrorist groups" and "militias".

A Bangladeshi national, who was involved in the fatal attack on a rival seller of illegal cigarettes, has been sentenced to 15 years' jail and 15 strokes of the cane.

The United Arab Emirates has launched its first mission to Mars as it strives to develop its scientific and technological capabilities and reduce its reliance on oil.

A three-member probe body of Chattogram Metropolitan Police today recommended the suspension of sub-inspector of Double Mooring Police Station after finding him guilty of “prompting the suicide” of a 16-year old boy following assault and harassment by his family members.

The managing director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital (SMCH), who was on the run, has been arrested by Rapid Action Battalion from a hotel in Dhaka’s Gulshan.

Health Services Division Secretary Abdul Mannan has said Bangladesh would be among the first to get any Covid-19 vaccine developed in any country across the world.

The Dhaka University (DU) authorities have demoted a teacher after she was found to be involved in irregularities that took place during the Ducsu election last year at Kuwait Maitree Hall on the university campus.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen urged Spain to recruit agricultural labourers from Bangladesh during the post-Covid pandemic period considering their skills in grain production.

Bangladesh’s policy to set up coal-fired power plants will result in a long-term financial burden, a speaker say at a webinar.

Nasiruddin Mridha, sukani (launch employee), confesses before a magistrate that it was his negligence which led to vessel Moyur-2 hitting another launch--Morning Bird--in Buriganga river on June 29, killing at least 34 people.

The government has decided to appoint Tarik Ahsan, currently serving as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan, as the next ambassador to Portugal, a foreign ministry release said today.

After months of exploitation by their agents in Vietnam, 17 more Bangladeshis have travelled to Hanoi from Guntao and held a sit-in near the Bangladesh embassy there, calling upon the mission to come to their aid.

Class XI admission seekers will have to submit their online applications between August 9 and 20 in the first phase, authorities said today.

A Dhaka court gives police 10 more working days to complete the investigation into the allegation brought against 219 returnees from Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain.

Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.

China hits back at comments by Britain’s foreign secretary that accused Beijing of “gross” human rights abuses against ethnic and religious minorities in the northwest region of Xinjiang.

The government will resume air-connectivity on the Dhaka-Rajshahi-Dhaka route from tomorrow as the sixth domestic destination, following reopening of air travel to Chattogram, Sylhet, Saidpur, Jashore and Barishal since the suspension of flights due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The state government in West Bengal today announced imposition of a complete lockdown in the entire state twice a week, beginning Thursday, in a bid to break the chain of the Covid-19 contagion.

Three teachers have been arrested on charges of spreading rumours against Education Minister Dipu Moni and a few others on Facebook.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader calls upon all authorities concerned to work together to protect people from the risk of coronavirus spread --centring journey ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.