The second round of the three-day-long countrywide Covid-19 special inoculation campaign will be started from March 28, read a DGHS circular.

One of the famous shipwrecks in history, Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, has been discovered off the coast of Antarctica more than a century after its sinking, explorers announced yesterday.

The timely launching of the country’s second satellite by a Russian company could face uncertainty amid sanctions imposed by the US and its allies to punish Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

After two years the Covid-19 pandemic is not yet over and could be prolonged further due to “scandalously unequal” vaccine distribution, the UN secretary-general warned yesterday.

Former Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque yesterday said Bangladesh’s position on the Russia-Ukraine issue was “neutral and fairly balanced” but it might require a review in the coming days.

The country has sufficient stock of edible oil to meet the demand till Ramadan, but the market remains volatile, said the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP).

No matter how hard Md Shaon, a day labourer, and his wife, a domestic help, work, their attempts fall short against the skyrocketing price to make ends meet for their family of five.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said that people will continue to support her due to her motherly affection as a leader of the country.

Five Bangladeshis, reportedly detained at a camp in the Ukrainian city of Zhuravychi, said they were not being given enough food, their phones were seized and they were being tortured.

US President Joe Biden yesterday banned imports of Russian oil to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine as desperate civilians fled besieged cities and fresh fighting raged. 

A schoolboy was killed after a speeding truck hit him in Dinajpur’s Chirirbandar upazila yesterday, while a woman was killed in a separate road accident in Birampur upazila on Monday.

Lawmaker Nadira Yeasmin Joly allegedly threatened to slap a district-level female officer over the phone for “inviting her late” to a Women’s Day programme at the Pabna DC office.

With respect to women on International Women’s Day, the High Court yesterday issued a suo moto rule questioning the discrimination against women in social status, jobs and inheritance.

Syeda Rizwana Hasan has been crowned with the International Women of Courage Award for her excellent contribution in leading the fight to conserve the environment and defend the dignity of marginalised people of Bangladesh.

Police in Natore arrested three members of a gang of thieves and recovered 13 stolen motorcycles from their possession.

Inflammation happens to everyone whether they notice it or not. It is a normal immune response of the body to harmful stimuli, damage or infection.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday blamed the pandemic fallouts and the Russia-Ukraine war for the soaring prices of basic commodities.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was set for a resounding victory but a reduced majority at elections in the country’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh, exit polls forecast yesterday.

The High Court yesterday summoned 64 defaulters of People’s Leasing and Financial Services (PLFSL) for their failure to reschedule their loans despite its directive.

Born in Khulna’s Khalishpur in 1988, Shobha, earlier known as Shubho, began feeling out of place during her adolescence.