Indian army rescuers yesterday recovered the bodies of seven soldiers buried in an avalanche while on patrol along a remote Himalayan frontier contested by China.

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.

Fennel seeds look like cumin, but are greener. They are the dried seeds of the fennel herb. It is a common item frequently used in most South Asian kitchens.

A college student and her family members have been living away from their neighbourhood in Charghat, Rajshahi, for 11 days for fear of reprisals after her father accused a local man and four of his friends in a case of stalking and attempted rape.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given directives to the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment to make the process of manpower export more precise and transparent.

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances yesterday began a five-day meeting in Geneva to examine more than 300 cases from 24 countries.

Shafia Khatun, Shamsunnahar, Rawshan Ara (Bachchu) and I went to Bangla Bazar School and Eden College to organise the strike.

A man was trampled to death by an elephant after he went too close to it in Bethua Bazar area of Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria yesterday.

Nine tigers and nine lions are in good health at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur, while one lion is being treated for illness caused by old age complications, park officials said.

The government while closing 25 state-owned jute mills a year and a half ago had pledged to reopen those, but a parliamentary committee yesterday recommended those be not reopened under government management.

Some places of the country may see rain, triggered by westerly loo, on Thursday, says Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).

Trains will start taking passengers at full capacity from February 13, Bangladesh Railway said in a notification on Sunday.

A Narsingdi court yesterday placed two men on a one-day remand each in a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman in Palash upazila.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed 10 BNP men on a three-day remand each and sent others to jail in a case filed over Sunday night’s clash between police and Chhatra Dal activists in the capital’s Naya Paltan.

Voters are fearful of the possibility of violence as 138 union parishads go to polls today in the seventh phase of UP elections.

The government yesterday rolled out the Digital Business Identification (DBID) as part of its efforts to restore discipline in the digital commerce sector and check irregularities.

Until 1948, the State Language Movement was a movement of the intelligentsia and the students; it did not find its place among the masses.

Newspaper owners yesterday urged the government to bring down the taxes in the next national budget as the sector looks to stage a comeback after being battered by the pandemic.

Genocide Watch, a US-based organisation, has formally recognised the crimes committed by the Pakistani military forces against the people of Bangladesh in 1971 as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.