The United Nations yesterday agreed to start negotiating a world-first global treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed a watershed moment for the planet.

The Covid pandemic has taken a dire toll on mental health, the WHO said yesterday, indicating that cases of anxiety and depression had swelled by over 25 percent globally.

Labaid Cancer Hospital and Super Specialty Centre observed its first founding anniversary through a special event yesterday, said a press release.

A man hacked a pregnant woman and her mother to death at their home in Narayanganj city’s Dalpotti area on Tuesday afternoon.

Police have arrested a fugitive condemned to death in a case filed over the attempted murder of Sheikh Hasina in Gopalganj about 22 years ago.

Attorney General AM Amin Uddin yesterday told the High Court that 139 deeds were registered with malafide intentions to embezzle public money in the name of land acquisition for the proposed Chandpur Science and Technology University.

Air pollution cuts the average life expectancy of a person in Bangladesh by almost three years, said a global report.

The World Bank on Tuesday announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, stating the money will go to UN agencies and international NGOs while remaining “outside the control” of the country’s Taliban rulers.

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians Tuesday in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

At least 55 BNP leaders and activists were injured as police baton-charged a procession in Savar and ruling party men attacked another BNP procession in Patuakhali yesterday.

RZD International, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, has expressed interest to finance three proposed railway projects, including the much-talked-about high-speed rail line on the Dhaka-Chattogram corridor.

Police are yet to arrest the two accused involved in a rape incident in Kishoreganj’s Bhairab upazila on Monday.

A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed and three others in two cases filed over attacking policemen and vandalising vehicles in December 2019.

Dhaka South City Corporation has fired engineer AHM Abdullah Harun over irregularities and corruption involving Tk 12 crore.

The High Court yesterday blasted the government for not taking sufficient measures to control the air pollution in Dhaka and its surrounding areas even after repeated directives.

Eight people died with Covid-19 and at least 799 new infections were recorded in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a health directorate press release.

Rab officials have arrested four people for the murder of a 13-year-old boy in Ramu of Cox’s Bazar.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the lower court concerned to continue trial proceedings against Pradeep Kumar Das, former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, in a Tk 3.85 crore corruption case.

Five officials of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), including the officer-in-charge of Hatirjheel Police Station, were sued yesterday for not registering a rape case.

At least 16 people were injured, including 11 who got shot,   in a clash between the supporters of a former union parishad chairman and the current one in Parchandra DIghlia area of Gopalganj yesterday.