The budget session, which will also be the 18th session of the 11th parliament, will begin today.

Ukraine yesterday said its forces were managing to push back against Russian troops in fierce fighting in Severodonetsk despite Russia “throwing all its power” into capturing the strategic eastern city.

Rab arrested a fugitive death-row convict war criminal in the capital yesterday.

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is seeking urgent United Nations help to build a stockpile of essential foods, the prime minister’s office said yesterday, after authorities warned of looming starvation.

Villagers in Panchbibi, Joypurhat, yesterday handed over a man to police accusing him of raping a 13-year-old-girl after mixing sedatives in her drink.

A man was accused of stabbing his wife to death in Rangpur’s Pirgachha upazila early yesterday.

Two teenage boys were arrested for beating up plainclothes policemen in Patuakhali town on Thursday evening.

Rafael Nadal advanced to the French Open final for a 14th time on Friday after third seed Alexander Zverev was forced to retire hurt with an ankle injury while trailing the Spaniard 7-6(8) 6-6.

The United Nations said yesterday there would be no victor from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the conflict entered its 100th day and Moscow’s forces pressed deeper into the eastern Donbas region.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government enacted the Hajj and Umrah Management Act-2021 for ensuring smooth hajj pilgrimage by Bangladeshi devotees.

China has called upon the regional countries, including Bangladesh, to reject the “Cold War mentality and bloc politics”, uphold independence and safeguard true multilateralism.

World food prices fell slightly for the second consecutive month in May but wheat prices rose again as Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on and India banned exports of the commodity, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said yesterday.

The US yesterday urged Bangladesh to adopt a transparent regulatory environment and implement reforms in the labour sector to secure foreign investments.

The famous snow-capped peaks of the Alps are fading fast and being replaced by vegetation cover -- a process called “greening” that is expected to accelerate climate change, a study said Thursday.

A US report has said members of religious minority communities alleged that the government was ineffective in preventing forced evictions and land seizures stemming from land disputes.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a “super bad feeling” about the economy and needs to cut about 10 percent of jobs at the electric carmaker, he said in an email to executives seen by Reuters.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday warned the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency that Israel was prepared to use it’s “right to self defense” to stop Iran’s nuclear programme.

The price of potatoes is now on the rise in different markets in Munshiganj in line with the spiralling cost of other essentials.

The Election Commission yesterday cancelled the candidature of Awami League candidate Abdul Khaleque for Jhenidah municipality.

The High Court yesterday ordered the Directorate General of Drug Administration to pay Tk 15 lakh each to the families of 104 children who died after taking toxic paracetamol syrup in 1991 and 2009.