Fifty-nine eminent civil society members yesterday sent letters to the Chattogram Hill Tracts affairs minister and the ministry secretary, army chief, and defence and environment ministries demanding the authorities stop the construction of a five-star hotel on Mro land in Bandarban.

After more than 17,000 years of silence and decades forgotten in a French museum, a shell fashioned into a horn by our prehistoric ancestors has been played again as a result of new research published Wednesday.

Persons with disabilities have to pay between Tk 1,000 and Tk 3,000 extra to be included in the government’s disability allowance scheme, said a new report of Transparency International Bangladesh.

Libya has rescued more than 1,500 would-be migrants off its west coast in the past week, a non-governmental organisation said.

Turkey yesterday rejected a US call to release jailed civil society leader Osman Kavala, accusing Washington of interference.

The United States yesterday announced sanctions on the leaders of Myanmar’s junta and several gem companies, and warned it would act further if the military uses violence against protesters.

Bangladesh’s daily coronavirus infection rate fell to 2.65 percent yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the members of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP to motivate rural people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine to eliminate the pandemic.

Haitian police fired tear gas on hundreds of protesters who were marching against President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince Wednesday, and attacked journalists covering the demonstration, in the latest clashes to mark the country’s political crisis.

At least six Bangladeshi migrants were killed in a factory fire at the Saudi Arabian city of Madinah on Wednesday night.

India and China began to pull back troops and battle tanks from a bitterly contested lake area high in the western Himalayas yesterday in a breakthrough after a months-long standoff on the disputed border.

Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed reiterated Bangladesh’s unwavering commitment and continued support to the UN peace operations during his meetings with top UN officials this week, said an ISPR press release issued on Wednesday.

Police teams tracking a woman in connection with a general diary unexpectedly ended up at the scene of a gruesome murder at an apartment near Sayedabad Bus Terminal in the capital yesterday.

At least 10 people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Jhenaidah, while six others died in separate road accidents in three other districts yesterday.

A Chuadanga Awami League leader has taught his fellow party leaders and activists a “trick” of winning the Alamdanga Municipality mayoral polls.

The United Arab Emirates’ first mission to Mars reached the red planet and entered orbit on Tuesday after a seven-month, 494 million-km (307 million-mile) journey, allowing it to start sending data about the Martian atmosphere and climate.

The Election Commission has drafted a guideline for imparting training to polls-related officials, keeping in it controversial positions like “special speakers” and “course advisers” amid allegations of financial corruption through such posts.

Another year of hopelessness passes for the families of journalist-couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi. Nine years on, justice still remains a far cry.

Twenty-one eminent citizens yesterday called upon the authorities concerned to rectify some errors in a chapter on political parties in the “Civics and Citizenship” textbook of grades IX and X.

Bangladesh recorded 10 novel coronavirus deaths and 388 fresh cases in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.