As the cold spell lingers on, farmers are in fear of incurring losses because their crops might be affected by the bitter cold.

MA Hashem, eminent industrialist and founder of Partex Group, passed away early today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the finance ministry and other related ministries and divisions to formulate another financial stimulus package plan keeping a possible second wave of Covid-19 in consideration.

Turkey is willing to sell weapons to Bangladesh as it is now producing the most of its required arms.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police on Tuesday arrested two Chinese nationals from the capital for allegedly importing fake sewing machines to the country.

US lawmakers on Monday backed legislation granting Sudan legal immunity for past militant attacks, a final step in a historic deal removing Khartoum from Washington’s blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism.

Public sufferings caused by the ongoing cold spell remains unabated in many districts, especially in northern region.

Israel yesterday was on course for a fourth national election in two years after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main governing partner, Benny Gantz, failed to resolve a dispute over the budget.

The New Zealand man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane committed violent sex crimes against at least two other women, a court revealed yesterday, as police urged any more victims to come forward.

The co-founder of BioNTech said yesterday it was “highly likely” that its vaccine against the coronavirus works against the mutated strain detected in Britain, but it could also adapt the vaccine if necessary in six weeks.

The World Health Organization cautioned against major alarm over a new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain, saying this was a normal part of a pandemic’s evolution.

An alleged yaba dealer was killed in a “gunfight” with Rab in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila on Monday night.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury and four others have been sued over the death of a pregnant woman.

A four-day director general-level border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh and Indian Border Security Force began yesterday in Guwahati, the capital of Assam state.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is garlanded today by the members of Kalyani, Gandaria ladies organisation, on his being awarded the Juliot Curie medal for peace. Members of Khulna Music College also garland him.

A gateman was killed at a level crossing as a freight train hit a truck in Dinajpur’s Phulbari upazila early yesterday.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council yesterday extended a project to install prepaid gas meters in Dhaka households, which will see 1.2 lakh more prepaid connections by December 2022.

Most of 22 relief cranes of Bangladesh Railway (BR) are either outdated or broken, causing difficulties in carrying out salvage operations after train accidents.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman renews his call today to all irrespective of their ideological or political affiliations to dedicate themselves to the great task of rebuilding the country into a truly Shonar Bangla drawing inspiration from the sacrifice of the martyrs of the Liberation Struggle.

Two of Britain’s biggest banks are under pressure for lending tens of millions of pounds to a technology company building a telecoms network that is part-owned and used by the Myanmar military, which is accused of committing genocide against the Rohingyas.