Bangladeshi tourists have started crossing the border through the Banglabandha Land Port in Panchagarh, more than two years after their entry through the port was suspended in the wake of Covid-19.

France yesterday prepared for the first round of presidential elections projected to produce a run-off rematch between President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen that will be far tighter than their duel five years ago.

Shanghai yesterday announced a record 21,000 new cases and a third consecutive day of Covid testing as a lockdown of its 26 million people showed no sign of easing and other Chinese cities tightened curbs - even in places with no recent infections.

An upazila nirbahi officer is facing investigation over allegations of sexual harassment and fraudulence made by a college student in Mirzapur, Tangail.

World food prices hit an all-time high in March following Russia’s invasion of agricultural powerhouse Ukraine, UN food agency said yesterday, adding to concerns about the risk of hunger around the world.

Police have recovered the decomposed body of a woman from a septic tank in Chattogram city’s Nasirabad Housing Society.

Two men were killed and another was injured as miscreants attacked them over establishing supremacy at Poddar Bazar in Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila Thursday night.

A woman and her daughter were killed as a boat sank in the Gazaria river in Barishal’s Mehendiganj upazila yesterday noon.

A farmer and his family members allegedly hacked two men to death in Jashore’s Chaugachha upazila yesterday as the duo refused to work at the farmer’s paddy field.

The government’s move to ensure uninterrupted traffic movement on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway is facing a setback as bus operators are not using the designated bus bays and service lanes built under a Tk 696 crore project.

A rocket attack on a train station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk killed dozens yesterday, as civilians raced to leave the Donbas region in the crosshairs of the Russian army.

Bangladesh would be relatively satisfied after the way the visitors staged a brilliant fightback, courtesy of Taijul Islam’s three-wicket haul and Khaled Ahmed picking up two, as South Africa ended up 278 for 5 after the first day of the second Test in Gqeberha yesterday.

More than two-thirds of Africans may have contracted Covid-19 over the past two years, around 97 times more than reported infections, a World Health Organization report suggested on Thursday.

EU governments have frozen about 30 billion euros ($32.6 billion) of assets linked to oligarchs and other sanctioned people with ties to the Kremlin, the European Commission said yesterday.

Dhaka and Washington move closer to signing two defence deals that foreign policy analysts say is a notable progress in security cooperation in the areas of maritime, peacekeeping, counterterrorism and transnational crimes.

The office assistant, who filed the case against math teacher Hriday Chandra Mondal, said he had no say over the matter as the complaint was not written in his presence.

The University Grants Commission has urged the public universities that are holding uniform admission tests to introduce a central placement system for students to universities and subjects of their choice.

Bangladesh will look to bounce back and make a statement when they face South Africa in the series-deciding second Test at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth today.

Pilots of different airlines have warned that major accidents can happen because of people shining laser beams at aircraft during take-off and landing after dark.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday asked the government to take stern action against dishonest business syndicates who are responsible for the sufferings of common people.