President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter.

US-Bangla Airlines has decided to increase number of flights on Dhaka-Chennai and Dhaka-Male routes due to growing number of passengers.

A delegation of senior opposition lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion against Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan with the National Assembly Secretariat today (March 8, 2022), PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said.

At least 446 new infections were recorded and seven people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Ritu Porna Chakma is well known among women footballers for her dribbling and passing skills, which helped her become a regular member in the national age-group teams as well as the senior team.

Despite bagging a gold medal in the South Asian Games in Kathmandu in 2019, karateka Marzan Akter Priya has been a bit frustrated during the pandemic thinking of the bleak future of sports in the country.

On Friday, Australian legend Shane Warne died of natural causes in his Thailand villa at the age of 52. As the world is still reeling from the tragic loss, Warne’s friend Tom Hall, CEO and one of the owners of Sporting News, writes a heartfelt letter that talks about aspects of the Australian unknown to many and also his activities just hours before his death.

Bangladesh women’s cricket team pacer Jahanara Alam pledged to set an example for girls worldwide through playing good cricket as she joined the #IDeclare movement, part of the 100 per cent Cricket Year of Women’s Cricket campaign launched by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on International Women’s Day.  

Antonio Conte challenged Tottenham to push for a top four finish in the Premier League after their 5-0 rout of Everton pushed the woeful visitors deeper into relegation danger on Monday.

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane said he was delighted to go above Arsenal great Thierry Henry in the all-time Premier League scoring list after netting his 176th goal in the competition in Monday's 5-0 win over Everton.

Players of one of the Mexican football teams whose weekend match was marred by clashes between rival fans have received death threats, their club said Monday.

A section of traders is cashing in on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war to hike  prices of essentials that were already becoming costlier, market  insiders said.  

Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, has been re-elected as the president of the executive committee of Shampadak Parishad (Editors’ Council).

In 2015, 15-year-old Tania Yeasmin of Pabna was waiting for her SSC results, brimming with hope for her future.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday blamed the pandemic fallouts and the Russia-Ukraine war for the soaring prices of basic commodities.

Born in Khulna’s Khalishpur in 1988, Shobha, earlier known as Shubho, began feeling out of place during her adolescence.

The central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate with fundamental flaws and jaw-dropping inadequacies, reflects extremely negatively on how this project was planned, designed and implemented, said Saber Hossain Chowdhury, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the environment, forest and climate change ministry.

In a chilly winter morning, a teenage girl was busy serving customers with tea at a roadside stall in Tangail Sadar upazila’s Khudirampur area.

A seven-month-old girl was burned to death after a fire broke out in a house in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali this afternoon.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told the military to step up the use of law in military engagement with foreign countries, state television CCTV reported on Monday.