The Directorate General of Health Services has reported 21 new Covid cases and zero deaths for the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Hundreds of buses, cars and trucks remained stranded near Paturia Ghat yesterday afternoon due to the rush of homebound people ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters yesterday in the latest violence at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, as the United Nations voiced deep concern at spiralling unrest.

Today is the 24th death anniversary of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman.

Russia yesterday said it intended a full-bore assault to carve out a sizeable slice of Ukraine, as the UN documented the killing of dozens of civilians in one town.

At least nine people, including a woman, died in separate road accidents in Habiganj, Noakhali, Laxmipur and Faridpur in the last two days.

As most crop protection levees are on the verge of collapse due to flash floods, haor farmers in the north-eastern districts are harvesting ripe and half-ripe Boro paddy with combine harvesters.

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday said it tried to find BNP leader Ilias Ali and is still helping his family in this regard.

The world is facing a “human catastrophe” from soaring food prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, warned the president of the World Bank, David Malpass.

 A man was killed in what the Rab claimed was a gunfight with the law enforcers in Manikganj early yesterday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday claimed the “liberation” of the flattened city of Mariupol after nearly two months of fighting, but signalled he would forgo a final bloody offensive against beleaguered Ukrainian defenders there.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday proposed a “global security initiative” that upholds the principle of “indivisible security”, a concept also endorsed by Russia, although he gave no details of how it would be implemented.

Seventeen people have been killed in suspected jihadist attacks in northern Nigeria, where a more than decade-long Islamist insurgency has claimed tens of thousands of lives, sources said yesterday.

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will make a three-day visit to Bangladesh beginning April 25 as the two countries seek to deepen cooperation on climate change, especially regarding renewable energy, and blue economy.

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit has found evidence of money laundering by e-commerce platforms -- Boom Boom Ltd, Qcoom Ltd, and Sirajganj Shop.

A man was killed in an attack by his two neighbours over a trivial matter in Bagerhat’s Rampal upazila on Wednesday night.

A bKash trader was hacked to death by unidentified criminals in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila on Wednesday night.

Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel was granted bail by several Dhaka courts yesterday in nine cases filed over the embezzlement of customers’ money.

A man died in a Laxmipur hospital on Wednesday night, hours after he was arrested by police in a cheque forgery case.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said a group of political parties joined hands with the BNP-Jamaat alliance to try to oust her government and return the country to an era of darkness again.