A Habiganj court yesterday sent two men to jail after police arrested them on Tuesday on charges of raping a fifth grader in Habiganj Sadar upazila.

The UN secretary-general yesterday called for a global coalition to speed the deployment of battery technology, urging countries to ease intellectual property constraints to hasten the transition from fossil fuels and combat climate change.

A Bagerhat court yesterday sent a village guard to jail over raping a homemaker in Bagerhat’s Fakirhat upazila.

The 18th session of the 11th parliament will begin on June 5. It will be the budget session of this year.

Four students were injured when a fan fell off the ceiling of a classroom of Lalmonirhat Government Girls High School yesterday.

A Bagerhat court yesterday sent a village guard to jail over raping a homemaker in Bagerhat’s Fakirhat upazila.

The 18th session of the 11th parliament will begin on June 5. It will be the budget session of this year.

A man hacked to death a nine-year-old son of the Dheukhali Union Parishad chairman in Faridpur’s Sadarpur in the latter’s house yesterday.

The government has decided to provide essentials at a subsidised rate to one crore families through “family cards” from June 1, aiming to ease the pressure they are facing with prices hikes.

Finland and Sweden yesterday submitted a joint application to join Nato as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forces a dramatic reappraisal of security in Europe.

Bangladesh and the US will form a monitoring mechanism to address the challenges and pending issues as the two countries are working on deepening their ties on multiple fronts.

The BNP will take strong punitive measures against the party men running for Cumilla City Corporation mayor as the party is hell-bent on not contesting any polls under the incumbent government.

The flood situation in Sylhet has further deteriorated yesterday as the Surma and the Kushiyara rivers started flowing above the danger level.

At least three mega infrastructure projects, including two fast-track ones, are facing supply chain strain due to the ongoing Covid-induced lockdown in China’s Shanghai.

More than three lakh children, aged less than five years, suffered from severe malnutrition across the globe, reads a report by Unicef.

Bangladesh will seek to avail the GSP Plus facility, which will provide trade privileges after the country graduates from LDC status, during the 10th EU-Bangladesh Joint Commission meeting beginning in Brussels today.

The UN rights chief will be arriving in China “shortly” for a long-anticipated visit, including to the Xinjiang region where authorities stand accused of widespread rights abuses, a spokeswoman said yesterday.

More than 250 Ukrainian fighters surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol and Kyiv said yesterday it had ordered its full garrison to evacuate, bringing an apparent end to the bloodiest battle in Europe for decades.

Two police officers were injured yesterday during a clash between Jamaat-Shibir men and police on Jail Road in Sylhet city.

Police on Monday arrested a man who had been a fugitive from justice for 12 years in Habiganj.