The health directorate reported that 31 people died of Covid-19 in the 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.

The High Court yesterday blasted the government authorities concerned for their failure in taking effective measures to control the air pollution in Dhaka and its surrounding areas despite its repeated directives.

The sixth phase of the union parishad elections held yesterday was peaceful compared to previous phases.

Promising marriage, a youth raped a ninth grader in Natore’s Gurudaspur upazila early yesterday, police said, quoting her family members.

Staying abroad, cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore continues to make anti-government statements on Facebook, the prosecution told a Dhaka court yesterday.

A Pabna court yesterday rejected the bail petitions of Bharara union parishad Chairman Abu Sayeed Khan and two of his followers, and sent them to jail over the murder of Yasin Alom, 40, an independent candidate killed in a clash on December 11 ahead of UP polls in the union.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to shut down all unlicensed brick kilns in Dinajpur and Moulvibazar in seven days to curb air pollution and save the environment.

A kidney stone is solid deposit that is made from chemicals in the urine.

The Russian and US foreign ministers are set to hold fresh talks today after a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine, with Washington vowing to work with Western allies to beef up sanctions should Moscow decide to invade its neighbor.

Five people died yesterday after a boat capsized following a collision with a bulk carrier amid dense fog in the Dakatia river off the coast of Chandpur.

A total of 322 Covid-19  patients died in January -- around four times higher than the 91 deaths in December.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a Buddhist monk from a temple near Khagrachhari’s Gukrachhari Paimong Member Para village.

Weekly Covid-19 cases in India fell for the first time in the third wave of the pandemic while deaths from the virus continued to rise, registering a growth of 41% against the previous week’s toll.

The trial of the murder case filed in connection with the Rana Plaza collapse began yesterday with the complainant’s depositions.

The authorities at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur concealed the news of the recent death of a tiger, raising questions about the state of care the animals are being given at the facility.

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog started his first visit to the United Arab Emirates yesterday, the latest high-profile diplomatic trip since the countries normalised ties.

The High Court yesterday expressed disappointment at the authorities’ failure to take action against Bangladeshi nationals and organisations who laundered and deposited money with foreign banks, including those in Switzerland.

The highly transmissible Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus - the most common form of which is known as BA.1 - now accounts for nearly all of the coronavirus infections globally, although dramatic surges in Covid cases have already peaked in some countries.

An injured fifth-grader died last night after fighting for life for 17 days at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

A Panchagarh court yesterday sent a local madrasa teacher to jail for violating two minor students on Saturday night.