The world’s first fully electric commercial aircraft took its inaugural test flight on Tuesday, taking off from the Canadian city of Vancouver and offering hope that airlines may one day end their polluting emissions.

Two elephants were hit and killed by a passenger train in eastern India yesterday, officials said, with the animals’ bodies decorated with flowers before being cremated at the spot.

The district administration in Munshiganj violated law by leasing out a 12-acre foreshore and floodplains of the Meghna in Char Betagi, said National River Conservation Commission Chairman Muzibur Rahman Howlader.

Bangladesh climbed up a spot to 135 among 189 countries in the 2019 human development index, according to a report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Lt General Niazi inspects anti-aircraft guns at Dhaka airport. He tells his troops to resist the allied force at any cost. He shows optimism that the Pakistan army would show its valour. Later, he talks to international journalists.

Doting killer whale grandmothers help their grand calves survive, particularly in times of food scarcity, scientists reported Monday in a paper that sheds new light on the evolutionary role of menopause.

Learn from the greats, and expose yourself to better work, it is often advised. So, when implementing big, state-of-the-art projects, it is prudent to go abroad and get first-hand experience of how things are done.

At least 10 people, not needed for the job, are going to Seattle to bring two new Boeing 787-9s to Dhaka spending taxpayers’ money.

A private banker has embezzled about Tk 4.97 crore from a client’s account by forging her signature. The banker’s wife assisted him in committing the crime, the Anti-Corruption Commission has found.

The High Court yesterday ruled that “Joy Bangla” slogan must be used at the beginning and end of all state programmes, including Victory Day and Independence Day.

The protesting teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University yesterday unveiled a book detailing the allegations of corruption against the vice-chancellor.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday approved the revised expansion plan for the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with an additional cost of Tk 7,788.59 crore.

The leaders of Russia and Ukraine yesterday agreed to exchange all remaining prisoners from the conflict in east Ukraine by the end of the year, but left thorny questions about the region’s status for future talks.

The government is going to start upgrading the Sylhet-Tamabil highway to dual carriageway late next year as Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has agreed to fund the project.

Law enforcers have arrested six youths for allegedly gangraping a teenage girl in Narayanganj, while a restaurant owner in Jashore was arrested for allegedly raping his employee.

American presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg was set to attend UN climate talks in Madrid yesterday with the message that the US is “still in” the fight against global warming despite its looming withdrawal from the world’s climate plan.

An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has allegedly been stabbed to death by rivals in Jashore Sadar upazila.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday pressed charges against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others for misappropriating and laundering about Tk 4 crore of Farmers Bank in 2016.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday raised with Egypt the case of a New York taxi driver held for six years by the close US ally.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday showed their resentment over the comment of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chairman Amit Shah.