Russia’s defence ministry said yesterday its high-precision missiles struck nine Ukrainian military targets overnight, including four arms depots in the Kharkiv region where artillery weapons were stored.

A teen killed a six-year-old girl after raping her in Naogaon’s Manda upazila on Saturday, said police.

“Fierce battles” raged in eastern Ukraine yesterday all but killing hopes of an Easter truce as officials said they would make a fresh attempt to evacuate civilians from the war-torn city of Mariupol.

No death from Covid-19 was reported in the 24 hours preceding 8:00 am yesterday, said a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Border Guard Bangladesh recovered around seven lakh yaba pills with a street value of Tk 21 crore in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar on Friday.

A worker died after being hit in the head by a falling rod at a factory of Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills (BSRM) Ltd in Bayezid Bostami area of Chattogram yesterday.

The US stands alongside Bangladeshis of all faiths who came together to reject attacks against the minority communities, said US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain.

Controversial Awami League leader and former lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi and his brother allegedly assaulted two local leaders of Teknaf at a meeting on Friday.

It was 12:35pm. Some 15 to 20 people were waiting at the office of Kamalapur Station Manager Masud Sarwar. But he was not there.

Queen Elizabeth II has named Bangladeshi charity leader Kishore Kumar Das for the Commonwealth Points of Light award in recognition of his exceptional voluntary service through “Bidyanondo”.

Unbridled white clay extraction in Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh district has put the ethnic community in danger as it devoured their homestead and way of livelihood, said the civil society platform Nagorik Uddog.

Sri Lanka’s beleaguered prime minister came under increased pressure to step down yesterday, as staunch allies broke ranks and backed street protests calling for resignations over a worsening economic crisis.

After over two years of pause, Dhaka and Washington engaged in a series of dialogues early April when the two countries celebrated half a century of diplomatic relationship -- both promising to deepen the bond in the next 50 years.

Family members of Rabiul Islam, who was beaten to death allegedly by  police personnel in Lalmonirhat on April 14, are hesitant to file any  case against the suspects as they fear reprisals.

The World Health Organization said yesterday it “strongly recommended” Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for patients with milder forms of the disease who were still at a high risk of hospitalisation.

Astronomers have detected a previously unknown type of stellar explosion called a micronova involving thermonuclear blasts at the polar regions of a type of burned-out star called a white dwarf after it has siphoned material from a companion star.

Climate change campaigners kicked off a wave of protests for Earth Day yesterday, pushing demands such as an immediate halt to European imports of Russian oil and gas and an end to building fossil fuel infrastructure.

A blast ripped through a mosque during Friday prayers in northern Afghanistan, killing 33 people and wounding 43 more, a Taliban spokesman said, just a day after the Islamic State group claimed two separate deadly attacks. 

Rohingya children on Bhasan Char are receiving vaccinations through a routine childhood immunisation programme.

The body of a six-year-old was recovered from the coast of Bay of Bengal in Urirchar area of Chattogram’s Sandwip yesterday after a speedboat sank amid a storm on Wednesday.