Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa held a special discussion with the heads of health sector at the Prime Minister’s Office in Parliament Thursday (10) to find out whether the bodies of those who died of the COVID-19 virus could be buried

Historian Yuval Noah Harari, of bestsellers "Sapiens" (2011) and "Homo Deus" (2016) fame, talks about the importance of stories in human history which have the power, he says, to transform the fortune of peoples -- turning groups to tribes, to communities, to nations and, to civilizations and make them achieve wonders

Facebook has taken action against two separate groups of hackers -- an unnamed group based in Bangladesh and APT32 in Vietnam, the social media giant said in a statement

The French Development Agency AFD has agreed to provide 100 million euros in loan to Bangladesh for the digitalisation of the country’s power and energy sector

Bangladesh will be the key leader of the 4th Industrial Revolution, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and ICT Advisor Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy

Officials hinted at a new stimulus package yesterday amid fears of a possible second wave of Covid-19 and the subsequent setback for the economy which has only slightly recovered from the impacts of shutdown

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for regional development and cooperation, reaffirming that Bangladesh follows its policy -- "Friendship to all, malice to none"

The first consignment of Oxford-Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine will reach the country by early January, said Bangladesh Health Minister Zahid Maleque

The Pakistan Foreign Office on Friday summoned a senior Indian diplomat to record a strong protest on recent ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) by Indian forces and stressed compliance of the 2003 ceasefire understanding

Led by women workers, India is showing a strong return-to-office trend and the number of people returning to work in November has risen to 10 per cent of pre-COVID levels, a new report revealed on Thursday

Walmart on Thursday announced that it will triple its exports of goods from India to $10 billion each year by 2027

Nepal Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens Leelanath Shrestha said the government’s sole efforts were not sufficient to end violence against women

The Federation of Nepali Journalists and other stakeholders have demanded that the Public Service Broadcasting Bill registered in the National Assembly be scrapped

Amnesty International Nepal Thursday started Write for Rights, a campaign as part of its annual human rights letter-writing programme, appealing to Nepal’s authorities to launch an independent and impartial investigation into all incidents of custodial deaths

As the government starts preparation for the arrangement of the Covid-19 vaccines, the civil society has appealed to the government to maintain transparency in the selection, import and prioritisation of the people receiving the vaccination on time