The UAE’s “Hope” probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said yesterday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet’s orbit.

It was on July 29, 2011.

A Dhaka court placed 29 BNP men each on a two-day remand yesterday in connection with two cases filed over Saturday’s clash between BNP activists and police in front of the capital’s Jatiya Press Club.

The government is all set to relocate the fourth batch comprising around 3,500 Rohingyas from Cox’s Bazar to Noakhali’s Bhasan Char today.

A High Court bench yesterday observed that it is not possible to eradicate corruption and money laundering without cooperation from all.

At least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by fire in a “catastrophe” at Afghanistan’s biggest trade crossing with Iran, causing millions of dollars of losses, officials said yesterday.

US President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the Senate’s acquittal of former President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection was a reminder that democracy was fragile, and every American had a duty to defend the truth.

The United States and a WHO expert demanded more data from Beijing about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, after a WHO mission to China struggled to make headway.

A Tripura Lok Sabha MP wants the Indian authorities to establish a new land custom station at Raishyabari along the Indo-Bangla border to make traditional Dumboor Mela accessible to Bangladeshi visitors.

Bangladesh recorded eight more Covid-19-related deaths and 326 fresh cases in 24 hours till yesterday morning, showing a small rise in infection rate.

Police yesterday arrested four people on charge of gang rape of a RMG worker in Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital.

Ma Ching Rakhine, along with her family members, was forced to leave their ancestral home in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar around 10 years ago in the face of threats from Rohingya criminals.

The government has extended the closure of all educational institutions till February 28.

Shaheen Reza Nur, former executive editor of the daily Ittefaq and son of Shaheed journalist Serajuddin Hossain, has died of cancer.

The government is considering an on-the-spot registration provision for senior citizens for Covid-19 vaccination, Secretary to the Health Services Division Abdul Mannan said yesterday.

Fifty-five municipalities in 34 districts go to polls today amid worries over violence and confusion among many about being able to cast votes in a free and fair manner.

Coca-Cola is partnering with Danish startup Paboco to develop a 100% paper bottle as part of a longer-term bid to eliminate plastic from its packaging entirely.

Senate Republicans, while likely to acquit former President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial, showed little enthusiasm this week for a possible second White House bid in 2024 after reliving his supporters’ deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol.

At least five Bangladeshi migrant workers were killed in a road accident in Oman yesterday.

After spending almost all his life behind printing machines of different presses, now it is very hard for Abdul Aziz to stay at home in the evenings, when he used to go out for work.