As part of its global reach-out to ensure the repatriation of the Rohingya Muslim refugees, Bangladesh has sought Russia's "active and fruitful cooperation" for facilitating the reintegration and return of the Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar

Stressing on building a strong military, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said a disciplined and modern army helps in consolidating democracy and asked the Army Headquarters Selection Board to pick qualified people for promotion

The Bangladesh government has decided to ease restrictions for eight days from 15 July ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Azha, according to an official press note

The Bangladesh government summoned the acting UK High Commissioner in Dhaka Javed Patel on Sunday to convey its disappointment with certain issues including the current status of former prime minister Khaleda Zia mentioned in the Human Rights and Democracy Report 2020 released by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office last Thursday

Bangladesh Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Saturday that a total of six million doses of Covid-19 vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will arrive in the country under the COVAX facility early next month

At least 52 people are feared dead and another 50 injured when a massive fire engulfed a six-storey factory in Bangladesh’s Narayanganj district, some 20 km from capital Dhaka

Only a week into July, Bangladesh has reported more than 60,000 new cases of Covid, raising fears that it could turn out to be the worst month for the country since the viral infection broke out 16 months back

Bangladesh is likely to receive a million doses of Astra-Zeneca Covid vaccines from the European Union,  Foreign Minister AK Abdul Monin said, adding the supply would be routed through the WHO’s COVAX

Bangladesh is yet to control the second Covid wave and the rising dengue cases are posing another challenge to its already strained health infrastructure which is operating almost on the edge

Exporters in Bangladesh are struggling as ports across the country are facing a shortage of empty containers, which is hampering their shipments to markets in the US and the European Union

Bangladesh’s imports in the first eleven months of the current fiscal have recorded 17.32 percent growth in comparison to the same period the previous year, indicating a revival of economic activities driven by  increased domestic demand

Bangladesh may soon face an oxygen crisis, the country’s health authorities have warned, if the Covid-19 cases continue to rise at the current pace. Presently, there is no gap between supply and demand

Over 40 percent of people in Bangladesh have no access to safe drinking water, while more than 60 percent lack safely managed sanitation facilities, according to a new report from World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef

Police have arrested several hundred people across Bangladesh capital Dhaka for going outside "without emergency need" during the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb a resurgence in COVID-19 cases and deaths

Army personnel patrolled nearly empty streets and shops and markets remained closed in Dhaka as a seven-day "strict lockdown" began across Bangladesh on Thursday morning as a measure against the spike in Covid 19 cases