From now on, children aged between 12 and 17 will get Covid-19 vaccines without any documents, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

Pneumonia is a respiratory infection usually caused by a virus, bacteria or fungi.

The Amar Ekushey Boi Mela begins today with preparations still unfinished till yesterday afternoon.

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday said the government is in a fix over increasing fertiliser prices to manage a huge amount of subsidy.

The High Court yesterday questioned the rules of a customary law that deprives Hindu females or daughters of inheriting their deceased father’s properties.

He was supposed to arrive in Bangladesh on February 18. Before going to work on Friday in Yemen, he spoke to his wife in Dhaka saying that he would call her back.

On January 27, 1952, Khwaja Nazimuddin, addressing an open session of the Muslim League Council, said only Urdu would be the state language of Pakistan.

As the night grows dark, they get on easy-bikes, pretending to be innocent passengers. But as soon as they get an opportunity, they hold the driver hostage and snatch the vehicle.

Md Rezaul Hoque from Purba Keshali Danga village in Sadullapur, Gaibandha has been suffering from blood cancer for the last three years, said a press release.

Three people died and two others were injured in train accidents in Dinajpur and Jamalpur in the last two days.

Today is the 28th death anniversary of Anwarul Islam Bobby, who played an important role in founding different newspapers.

Police yesterday arrested the driver of a pickup that ran over and killed two school girls in Fatikchhari, Chattogram, on February 9.

The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances at its recently concluded session scrutinised 17 cases from nine countries, including Bangladesh.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld its chamber judge’s order regarding holding of the office of Bangladesh Film Artist Association’s (BFAA) general secretary, saying the issue would be settled at the High Court.

A Dhaka court yesterday directed the officer-in-charge of Cantonment Police Station execute the arrest warrant for former BNP lawmaker Mosaddek Ali Falu by March 24 in a case filed for siphoning Tk 183.92 crore to Dubai.

A court in Moulvibazar yesterday sent a youth to jail in a case filed for raping a three-year-old girl in Kulaura upazila on Friday.

A parliamentary body yesterday came down heavily on Biman’s respective top officials for causing damage to the tune of Tk 1,000 crore to the interiors of eight aircraft while transporting cargo since March 2020.

Efforts to defuse the crisis in Ukraine via a frenzy of telephone diplomacy failed to ease tensions, with US President Joe Biden warning that Russia faces “swift and severe costs” if its troops carry out an invasion.

The outgoing Election Commission has conducted its duties successfully and tried to work with neutrality within the law, said Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday.

When I received the news of the shooting, I was in my office at the Provincial Secretariat. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.