The High Court yesterday directed the government to ensure display of charts containing fees for medical tests of Covid-19 patients at the main gates of hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic centres across the country.

London and Brussels agreed to “go the extra mile” in coming days to try to reach an elusive trade agreement despite missing their latest deadline to avert a turbulent ‘no deal’ exit for Britain from the European Union’s orbit at the end of the month.

A 13-year-old girl from a village in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila was abducted, gang raped for more than a month, and then left unconscious by a road on August 24. Her sufferings, however, were still not over.

Formalities for the commencement of the constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on December 16 are being undertaken by the Gono Parishad (Constituent Assembly) at its two-day special session.

Iran yesterday summoned the envoys of Germany, current holder of the European Union’s rotating presidency, and of France over criticism of the execution of an Iranian journalist, Iranian media reported.

The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will reach hospitals and other sites across the United States by this morning, ready to be injected into the arms of millions of the most vulnerable Americans as the global death toll topped 1.6 million.

A Kushtia court ordered two madrasa students accused of vandalising a sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to be sent to jail after recording their statements under section-164 yesterday evening.

Although former Cox’s Bazar superintendent of police ABM Masud Hossain was named in the charge sheet filed over the murder of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, he was not formally charged for the murder.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government was taking preparations so that children could return to their educational institutions and resume their academic activities normally.

Amar Ekushey Boi Mela-2021 will be held as usual, not virtually as previously reported, but will start later than the scheduled February 1.

Johns Hopkins, the celebrated philanthropist who supported the abolition of slavery and whose wealth allowed him to found the prestigious US university that bears his name, owned slaves, the Baltimore-based institution confirmed Friday.

Separatist officials in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh yesterday said that three fighters were wounded in a skirmish with Azerbaijani forces, undermining a recent peace deal brokered by Russia.

An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned Morocco’s normalisation of ties with the Islamic republic’s arch foe Israel, calling it a “betrayal of Islam”.

The US green lighted the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late Friday, paving the way for millions of vulnerable people to receive their shots in the world’s hardest-hit country.

Rupali Chowdhury took Berger Paints Bangladesh to new heights after taking the helm of the paint manufacturing company in 2008.

After spending 15 years in the pharmaceuticals sector, Abdul Muktadir decided to become an entrepreneur and started Incepta Pharmaceuticals in 1999.

Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL) has become the people’s lender by providing numerous financial services to both tech-savvy youths and underprivileged people.

Snowtex began its journey in 1998 as an accessories and trims supplier for local garment manufacturers and soon after a buying house connecting buyers and retailers to manufacturers.

The Amar Ekushey Boi Mela will be held virtually in February.

Low temperature coupled with fog has been disrupting people’s daily lives and disrupting communications over the last few days.