Russia yesterday warned the West that there would be a tough military response to any further attack on Russian territory, accusing the United States and its key European allies of openly inciting Ukraine to assault Russia.

A worker was killed and 17 others were injured as part of an under-construction bridge collapsed in Rangamati’s Borodam area yesterday morning.

An elderly man was killed and at least 20 other people, including eight cops, were injured in a clash between two rival groups in Jadunandi village of Faridpur’s Saltha upazila on Wednesday night over establishing supremacy.

Police arrested a man for keeping a copy of the holy Quran at Uttar Palpara Kali Mandir in Patuakhali’s Bauphal upazila early yesterday.

A school head teacher died and her husband was injured in a fire caused by a leaking gas cylinder at their home in Moulvibazar’s Barlekha upazila early yesterday.

The draft data protection act should be amended to ensure that citizen’s rights to privacy are not violated, Amnesty International and Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) said in separate statements.

Detectives arrested five students of Dhaka College in different areas of the capital on charges of killing the delivery person of a courier service during a recent clash between students and shopkeepers of New Market.

Those who took part in the violence and killings wearing helmets in the capital’s New Market area recently are goons and they will be brought to justice, a top DB official said yesterday without disclosing their party identities.

At least 100 agriculture ministry officials will participate in phases in a six-month international horticulture exhibition in the Netherlands, even though the government had asked to abandon all routine tours except those involving emergencies.

Russia said yesterday it had destroyed a large quantity of Western-supplied weapons in Ukraine, while halting gas supplies to EU and Nato members Poland and Bulgaria in a move Brussels branded attempted blackmail.

Bangladesh Railway has incurred Tk 13,492.70 crore in losses in 12 years between fiscal 2008-09 and FY2019-20, according to BR documents.

India is getting too hot too early, raising the risk of fires, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned yesterday, as New Delhi sweltered in extreme heat and a burning landfill on the outskirts of the capital spewed toxic smoke into the air.

By February of this year, 58 percent of the US population -- more than 190 million people -- had been infected with Covid, according to an antibody survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Tuesday.

India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is expected to land in Dhaka today for his on a one-day visit.

Hundreds of Eid holidaymakers are suffering at ferry terminals as long tailbacks causing them wait for hours.

Five people were killed and five others injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

The holy Shab-e-Qadr, also known as Lailatul Qadr, when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), will be observed across the country tonight.

This year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin on June 19, about three and a half months later than usual.

China has confirmed the first known human case of the H3N8 strain of avian flu, but health authorities say there is a low risk of widespread transmission among people.

Israeli air strikes near Damascus yesterday killed nine combatants, among them five Syrian soldiers, in the deadliest such raid since the start of 2022, a war monitor said.