Her parents left no stone unturned to help her become what she wanted to be: an artist. Sohagi Jahan Tonu had a natural knack for acting, and she would often sing and dance in theater plays.

In jade waters off Hong Kong’s eastern shoreline, scientists are thrilled to spot a cuttlefish protecting her eggs inside an artificial, 3D-printed clay seabed helping to restore the city’s fragile coral reefs.

Dhaka and Colombo are expected to sign at least five MoUs today to bolster the bilateral relationship in the areas of trade, investment and coastal shipping.

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned the “escalation” of armed clashes around the Yemeni city of Marib, warning of a worsening humanitarian catastrophe.

Agitators brought out a procession following Jumma prayers at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital’s Paltan area yesterday protesting the upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The intensive care unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital has no “emergency evacuation system”.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday visited the plant of country’s first life-saving vaccine producing institute INCEPTA Vaccines Ltd at Zirabo in Savar, said a press release.

The alignment of the proposed high-speed train between Dhaka and Chittagong is likely to be changed.

Myanmar faced growing isolation yesterday with increasingly limited internet services and its last private newspaper ceasing publication as the military built a case against ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Police recovered two bodies from a house in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj yesterday morning.

A man died after he allegedly set himself on fire to avoid arrest in a remote village of Sirajganj on Wednesday, police said.

A top leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League yesterday came down heavily on the leaders of the ruling Awami League for their silence over Sunamganj mayhem.

India and Pakistan reported a big jump in new coronavirus infections yesterday, driven by a resurgence in cases in their richest states, as experts warned that large parts of Europe are at the start of a third coronavirus wave.

The fateful talks between President Yahya Khan and the Awami League Chief, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, were resumed at the President’s House today.

With all four tyres deflated and almost half of each wheel sunk into the ground, one could hardly tell that it is a Toyota Corona Exiv. The car has no windows, not even the front or back windscreens.

Peering into the early Universe some 12 billion years ago, scientists in France have for the first time seen the incandescent filaments of hydrogen gas known as the “cosmic web,” they said yesterday.

Australia’s top spymaster has revealed that his agency disrupted a “nest of spies” sent by an unnamed foreign intelligence service to steal sensitive trade and defence secrets.

The EU’s drugs regulator said yesterday the AstraZeneca vaccine is “safe and effective” and not associated with a higher blood clot risk, after more than a dozen countries paused rollouts over health fears.

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday claimed that the allegation of the elite force members torturing Supreme Court lawyer ABM Ibrahim Khalil was false and fabricated.

The High Court yesterday granted bail to Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Md Salim, in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in the capital’s Dhanmondi in October last year.