Stressing the need for South Asian regional power co-operation, India yesterday said it was exploring with Bangladesh a proposal for supplying refined-LNG through cross-border pipeline and establishment of an LNG terminal.

In a telegram sent to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 11, 1971, Bhutto expressed his willingness to come to Dhaka immediately to work out a solution so that the National Assembly session could be held soon. He urged Bangabandhu to work together to build a “new system” where there would be no discrimination among provinces as well as among citizens.

The government is going to team up with US-based CNN International Commercial for showcasing Bangladesh’s achievements on the global stage.

The High Court, in a rule, yesterday asked the authorities why a special compartment should not be allocated for female passengers and separate reserved seats for children, physically challenged passengers, and senior citizens in every train for ensuring their privacy and security.

A Dhaka court yesterday extended the bail of Ron Haque Sikder, managing director of Sikder Group, until April 11 in a case filed over abducting, torturing, and opening fire on two Exim Bank officials over a loan permission.

After years’ of process, 10 locomotives bought from Hyundai Rotem reached Bangladesh without the alternators specified in the contract, but the railways minister is now questioning the order itself.

Russia and China unveiled plans Tuesday for a joint lunar space station, as Moscow seeks to recapture the glory of its space pioneering days of Soviet times, and Beijing gears up its own extraterrestrial ambitions.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has assured that all Bangladeshi migrants -- regular or irregular -- would be vaccinated and that they won’t be forcibly sent back to Bangladesh.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was allegedly attacked yesterday by about 4-5 people in Nandigram where she had gone to file her nomination for the upcoming Assembly elections, reports said.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed 10 cases against 37 people, including former managing director of now-defunct NRB Global Bank PK Halder, for laundering about Tk 782 crore of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL).

Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, founder chairman of Padma Bank, has accused incumbent Chairman Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat of misusing Tk 100 crore from the troubled lender.

With the Covid infection rate on the rise, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the people to follow the health safety protocols to check the spread of the virus in the country.

When parents and teachers alike bemoan that children and young students know little about the Liberation War, one freedom fighter has taken it upon himself to be a roving educator on the battles of 1971.

Rajshahi city Awami League yesterday sought approval from the government to file a sedition case against Mizanur Rahman Minu, an adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, over his remarks on “repeating 1975 assassination”.

Myanmar security forces quickly snuffed out sporadic anti-junta protests yesterday after hundreds of young activists who had been trapped overnight in a district of its biggest city Yangon were able to get out.

Two men suspected to be yaba smugglers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

Some 343 people involved with Mass Rapid Transit Line-6, the first metro rail project in the country, have so far been infected with Covid-19. None of them died.

Despite repeated use of courier services by transnational syndicates to smuggle drugs through Bangladesh to a third country, the government has turned down a proposal to use the National Identity Card server to verify the identity of the product sender.

A college teacher has been languishing in Kushtia District Jail for 18 days. His crime was that he made a comment on social media about a local Awami League leader.

In a press statement issued on March 10, 1971, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman urged the UN Secretary General to take action to avert the threat of genocide in East Pakistan.