The World Health Organization lamented that half a million Covid-19 deaths had been recorded since the Omicron variant was discovered, calling the toll “beyond tragic”.

The Supreme Court chamber judge yesterday stayed till February 13 a High Court order that halted an Appellate Board’s decision cancelling the candidacy of actor Zayed Khan for general secretary of Bangladesh Film Artistes Association (BFAA) and declaring actress Nipun elected to the post uncontested.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against cricketer Nasir Hossain and his wife Tamima Sultana in a case filed over “adultery” and defamation.

A madrasa student was undergoing treatment at a Sherpur hospital yesterday after being beaten up allegedly by a teacher for being absent from class.

A grandfather and his grandson died after being electrocuted while fishing in a pond near their home in Kurigram’s Bhurungamari upazila on Tuesday afternoon, said police.

Plabon Shil, a sibling of the five brothers who were run over and killed by a pick-up truck in Chakaria upazila, filed a case on Tuesday night accusing unnamed people.

The jet fuel price has gone up from Tuesday, the 11th hike in 15 months, dealing a fresh blow to the struggling aviation industry at a time when it was getting back up on its feet with the normalisation of air travel once again.

Eight union parishads go to polls today in the last phase of the lowest tier of local government body elections.

French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday that after talks with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders he saw a path toward easing tensions.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the lower court concerned to try a corruption case filed over the “theft” of over 1.43 lakh tonnes of coal from Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) in Dinajpur.

The ruling Awami League suffered an election debacle in the seventh phase of union parishad polls as independent chairman candidates outdid them.

As many as four projects were revised yesterday with their costs swelling by Tk 34,483 crore.

Around 9:00am on February 21, 1952, members of the State Language Action Committee were informed that Dhaka University students were not in agreement with the decisions taken by it and they had decided to break the law if necessary.

Dozens of Yemeni pro-government fighters have been killed in a new offensive to take a rebel-held city, loyalist sources said yesterday, following a surge in violence including missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates.

At least 43 Covid-19 patients died in 24 hours preceding 8:30am yesterday, the highest single-day death toll since the third wave of the virus hit the country early last month.

US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue is going to be held on March 20 under a new reality when the bilateral relations witness strains following the US sanctions on Rab and not inviting Bangladesh in Biden’s Democracy Summit.

A seven-year-old girl and her 16-year-old brother died in a fire at their house in Saral union of Banshkhali, Chattogram, Monday night.

Coastguards yesterday recovered the bodies of two more men believed to be from any of the fishing boats that sank in the Bay of Bengal on Friday night.

Police yesterday arrested two men on charges of raping a woman in Aditmari, Lalmonirhat.

Police in Bagerhat arrested a fugitive convict, who was sentenced to life in prison for raping a third-grader In Chattogram in 2012.