The battle against Covid-19 has delivered not just a vaccine at record speed but also a spike in demand for the billions of syringes needed to administer it.

Bitter cold coupled with fog has been disrupting people’s daily lives across the country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said process was on to purchase ultra-modern and high-performance fighter planes for Bangladesh Air Force as part of the government’s move to implement the “Forces Goal-2030”.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday told German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a videoconference call Turkey wants to turn over a new leaf with the European Union, the Turkish presidency said.

The incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden warned Friday of risks to national security after it said the Pentagon suddenly halted briefings for the transition team.

The percentage of the Covid-19 tests that come out positive continued to rise for the second consecutive day yesterday after it hit an eight-month low.

A severe variant of the coronavirus has been detected in South Africa which could explain the rapid spread of a second wave that affects younger people, the health minister said.

Awami League lawmaker Aslamul Haque, also the owner of Maisha Group, has filed a petition with the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division seeking to stay a High Court verdict that allowed the authorities to conduct eviction drives and recover the land of the Buriganga from the possession of three companies of his group.

A former member of radical group Purba Bangla Communist Party was killed in a drive-by shooting Friday night in Phultala, Khulna.

Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) detained Md Nuruzzaman, chief executive officer of Rajshahi Zilla Parishad, from Chapainawabganj while he was carrying banned phensidyl in a government vehicle.

Police yesterday arrested a local Jubo League leader and his two associates over vandalising the sculpture of revolutionary freedom fighter Bagha Jatin at Kaya College in Kushtia’s Kumarkhali upazila.

The United States has authorised Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for millions of doses of a second jab to be shipped across the hardest-hit country in the world.

Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today expresses his confidence that the bond and deep understanding that exist between Bangladesh and the Soviet Union will grow stronger in the years to come.

With positive branding, foreign investment flow will increase significantly in the country contributing to job creation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said.

The lowest temperature, 6.6 degrees Celsius, was recorded in the country yesterday at Rajarhat of Kurigram, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

French authorities have charged and detained four Pakistanis suspected of links to a meat cleaver attack by a compatriot outside the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo weekly that wounded two people, the national counter-terrorism prosecutor’s office said Friday.

Donald Trump’s outgoing administration is planning to close the two remaining US consulates in Russia, media reports said Friday, as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office amid high tensions with Moscow.

The devastation in Fiji following Cyclone Yasa was compared to a war zone yesterday as reconnaissance flights showed entire villages wiped out and authorities put the cost at hundreds of millions of dollars.

Md Sirajul Haque, former vice president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), passed away at a hospital in the capital on Thursday night.

The northern part of the country is witnessing a sharp fall in temperature as a cold wind from the Himalayan region is sweeping through the region.