The election to Bangladesh Bar Council, the statutory body regulating the country’s lawyers, will be held on May 25 to elect its 14 executive members.

A man, who remained fugitive for 22 years to avoid imprisonment, was sent to jail yesterday for killing his wife on January 10, 2000.

A man was stabbed to death in Bagerhat’s Mollahat upazila on Thursday.

Strabismus, usually known as cross eye, is relatively common among eye problems.

Nine people including a cleaner of Dhaka South City Corporation died in road accidents in the capital, Narsingdi and Dinajpur yesterday.

Another farmer who drank pesticide in Godagari upazila on Wednesday died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital last night.

A new study by researchers from University of California has concluded that excessive napping during the day could be an early warning sign of Alzheimer’s disease.

Five policemen were stabbed by a mugger on Bangshal Police Station premises in the capital Wednesday night.

Russia felt insecure, or should we say President Putin, and so Ukraine had to be invaded, population from major parts of the country had to leave their homes, millions had to become refugees, thousands had to die -- including Russian soldiers, many foreigners and  a Bangladeshi sailor -- a nation needed to be terrorised and the world thrown into turmoil.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the country’s development continued despite the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the global economy and creating food shortages even in many developed countries.

A farmer in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila died on Wednesday after he and his cousin drank pesticide, police said.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he will not resign, rejecting opposition calls for him to step down ahead of a no-confidence move against him in his toughest challenge since coming to power in 2018.

Western leaders showcased their unity against Russia’s war in Ukraine yesterday, with Washington seeking more military aid for Kyiv, Nato assigning more troops to its eastern flank and US, Britain imposing fresh sanctions against Moscow.

A Dhaka court yesterday accepted charges against eight people who were made accused in a case filed over the Churihatta fire in February 2019 that killed 71 people.

A teacher was suspended on Wednesday for sexually harassing one of his female students in Habiganj’s Lakhai upazila.

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petition of Khandaker Mohtesam Hossain Babar, sibling of former minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, and two others in a Tk 2,000cr money laundering case.

The body of a missing union parishad member was found on a paddy field in Manikganj’s Saturia upazila yesterday morning.

A local Awami League leader and a woman were shot dead by an unidentified man in the capital’s Shahjahanpur last night.

The UN General Assembly yesterday adopted by an overwhelming majority a new non-binding resolution that demands an “immediate” halt to Russia’s war in Ukraine. 

The government yesterday handed two-year tenure extensions to five high-cost quick rental companies on condition that they will not be paid when they are not supplying electricity.