The recent High Court verdict upholding 10 years’ imprisonment for Haji Md Salim has sparked a debate over his parliamentary membership and the careers of several other convicted politicians, whose appeals are still pending with this court and the Appellate Division.

Air quality of Bangladesh was the worst in the world, while its capital Dhaka was the second most air polluted city in 2020, said a global report.

Armed men in southwestern Niger killed at least 58 people when they intercepted a convoy returning from a weekly market and attacked a nearby village, the government said.

Several hundred supporters of Hefajat-e Islam attacked, vandalised and looted at least 75 Hindu houses in Sunamganj’s Noagaon village yesterday morning over a Facebook post.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he will work with President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to strengthen the complementarities between two development strategies, advance Belt and Road cooperation, and take the strategic partnership of cooperation to a new height.

President Abdul Hamid has said politics in Bangladesh is now moving in the opposite direction and some opportunists have made politics a profession.

The coronavirus pandemic may have indirectly contributed to around 228,000 additional child deaths in 2020, 11,000 maternal fatalities and 3.5 million unwanted pregnancies in South Asia, the UN said in a report yesterday.

Myanmar’s most powerful Buddhist monks’ association called on the junta to end violence against protesters and accused an “armed minority” of torture and killing innocent civilians since last month’s coup, media said yesterday.

The health directorate reported 1,865 fresh cases of novel coronavirus infection in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, the highest in last three months.

A man was stabbed to death during a clash between two groups of locals in the port city’s Agrabad area yesterday.

The Bangladesh-Maldives bilateral relationship is set to see a boost as the two South Asian countries are going to sign at least four MoUs on trade, tourism, fisheries, and health today.

An 18-member UN delegation reached Bhasan Char yesterday on a three-day visit to take a first-hand view of the housing facility for 100,000 Rohingyas.

On the morning of March, 18, 1971, Major General Khadim Hussain Raja, then general officer commanding of 14 Division in East Pakistan, and Major General Rao Farman Ali,

The World Health Organization said yesterday its experts were still reviewing safety data on the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine following concerns around blood clots but recommended that injection programmes continue.

The High Court yesterday observed that a specific law or rule need to be formulated soon regarding imposition of embargo on corruption suspects or accuseds leaving the country.

The US ambassador to the United Nations urged the international community not to “be fooled” by Syria’s forthcoming presidential election during a Security Council meeting Monday on the 10th anniversary of the start of the conflict.

The government asked British Council not to administer the Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations under Cambridge, scheduled to start in April this year, considering the current Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh.

A sedition case was filed yesterday against BNP leader Mizanur Rahman Minu, also an adviser to Chairperson Khaleda Zia, and three other party leaders over making a hint that another 1975 could occur.

State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid has said the authorities will rethink their decision to hold the Ekushey Boi Mela if the pandemic situation deteriorates.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested three officials of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL) in connection with a case filed over laundering about Tk 70.82 crore from the non-banking financial institution.