Two college boys died from poisoning at Bonogram Shahapara in Santhia upazila of Pabna early yesterday.

Scientists have created an army of microscopic four-legged robots too small to see with the naked eye that walk when stimulated by a laser and could be injected into the body through hypodermic needles, a study said Wednesday.

3G and 4G mobile services in Rohingya camp areas of Cox’s Bazar resumed yesterday after the government suspended the services around a year ago.

A total of 251 people died in 33 flood-hit districts in the last two months, said a report by the National Health Crisis Management Unit of the health directorate.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s health condition is satisfactory, says a health bulletin issued by Bangabandhu’s personal physician Dr Nurul Islam today. Bangabandhu has a long discussion with the Bangladesh Ambassador to France, Abdul Fatteh today.

The fisheries sector has suffered a loss of about Tk 479.85 crore due to heavy rains and floods, according to a report by the fisheries department.

They used to contact people from across the country through brokers and charge each of them Tk 5 lakh to Tk 7 lakh for sending them to Kuwait.

The UN human rights office yesterday said that the images of the shooting of Black man Jacob Blake in Wisconsin appeared to show that the police officer had used “excessive” force that was likely discriminatory in nature.

Police in Delhi were “complicit and an active participant” in the February violence in which 53 people, mostly Muslims, were killed, according to an investigation by Amnesty International India.

Goldman Sachs has paid Malaysia $2.5 billion as part of a settlement over the US investment bank’s role in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, officials said yesterday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the Kremlin has set up a reserve police force to support Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko but it would not be used unless the unrest there got out of control, Interfax news agency reported.

Turkey yesterday announced new naval exercises near its shores and accused France of “bullying” as the conflict over Mediterranean energy riches risked turning into a military standoff.

Taiwan stands on the front lines of freedom and democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said yesterday, as Beijing clamps down on Hong Kong and ramps up military activities in the region.

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic and widespread school closures, at least one-third of students affected around the world lack access to virtual education, according to a UN study.

New Zealand mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant was sentenced to life in prison without parole yesterday for the massacre of 51 Muslim worshippers, with a judge calling his actions “wicked” and “inhuman”.

The health directorate yesterday reported 45 deaths of Covid-19 patients, raising the official tally to 4,127.

A Japanese company is likely to build a bridge over the Tentulia and Kalabadar rivers to connect island district Bhola with Barishal under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative.

The officer-in-charge (OC) of Daulatpur Police Station in Kushtia died from coronavirus on Wednesday night.

Human rights activists, Rohingyas and scholars from across the globe have adopted a Dhaka Declaration, calling for an unequivocal commitment from the world community to resolve the Rohingya crisis in a sustainable manner with a regional approach.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is expected to return home by the second week of September, 1972, informs Gono Bhaban sources today.