Explosive remnants of Syria’s war killed nearly 30 civilians, including more than a dozen children, last month, a war monitoring group said yesterday.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a youth accused in a theft case after he jumped into the Shitalakkhya river to escape arrest in Gazipur.

An inspector of Sylhet district police has been withdrawn over a Facebook post that mocked the ongoing social media protests against the harassment of a college teacher for wearing a teep.

The US announced Tuesday it has approved the sale of up to $95 million worth of training and equipment to support Taiwan’s Patriot missile defense system, something Taipei said would help protect the island from any invasion by China.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of keeping convicts who got the death penalty in condemned cells before their cases are finally disposed of by the High Court.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky challenged the United Nations to “act immediately” or “dissolve yourself altogether” during a blistering address in which he showed a harrowing video of dead bodies -- including children -- he said were victims of Russian atrocities.

A 60-year-old woman died after falling under the wheels of a train in Dinajpur’s Birampur upazila yesterday morning.

Drivers, helpers and supervisors of several inter-city bus operators on the Rangpur-Dhaka route observed a daylong work abstention over non-payment of wages yesterday, causing services to be suspended and resulting in hardship for passengers.

The Trade Organisation Bill 2022, aiming to allow foreign traders to form joint-trade bodies in Bangladesh, was passed by voice vote in parliament yesterday.

The United States is responsible for the pause in talks between Tehran and world powers in Vienna aimed at reviving their 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government has adopted plans to ensure better use of surface water and the reduction of its underground extraction.

Two inmates of Chattogram Central Jail died yesterday at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) after both fell sick.

A schoolgirl fractured her hand as she was beaten up by the headmaster at Tarash Government High School in Sirajganj’s Tarash upazila on Saturday.

A madrasa teacher was killed while trying to stop a clash between people of two villages in Sylhet’s Jaintapur upazila yesterday.

A furniture seller was shot dead by unidentified criminals in Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar upazila early yesterday.

The education ministry yesterday decided that all secondary schools and colleges will remain open till April 20.

Global outrage spread yesterday at civilian killings in north Ukraine, including evidence of bound bodies shot at close range and a mass grave found in areas retaken from Russian troops, as fighting raged on in the country’s south and east.

The family of a pisciculturist, who allegedly became a victim of enforced disappearance, has claimed that the last known location of his iPhone, found using an application, was adjacent to the Rab-1 office in the capital’s Uttara.

It took just 55 minutes and 13 overs for South Africa to wrap the game up on the fifth day of their first Test against Bangladesh as Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer spun the hosts to a crushing 220-run victory at Kingsmead in Durban yesterday.

Embattled Pakistani leader Imran Khan yesterday nominated former chief justice Gulzar Ahmed for the office of caretaker prime minister, as the top court adjourned without deciding on the legality of Khan’s actions in blocking an opposition attempt to oust him.