Western sanctions against Russia are having a huge impact on its economy, Germany’s finance minister said yesterday, as the G7 mulled further punitive measures in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Iurii Melnyk, an associate professor of journalism at the Ivan Franko National University of Ukraine’s Lviv, is keeping the world posted after Russia began its invasion on February 24. The Daily Star’s Diplomatic Correspondent Porimol Palma caught up with him on Friday for on-the-ground information.

Afif Hossain and Mehedi Hasan Miraz forged a record unbeaten 174-run partnership for the seventh wicket as Bangladesh took a 1-0 lead against Afghanistan in the three-match ODI series with a four-wicket victory at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

Bangladesh could decide this week to lodge a case with a US court to fight that country’s sanctions against Rab and seven of its current and former officials.

The European Council today adopted a fourth round of sanctions given the continuing grave situation and intensifying human rights violations in Myanmar.

A recent survey by Plan International Bangladesh found that fear of sexual harassment and social exclusion are the major reasons behind parents marrying off their daughter at an early age.

A gang has been mindlessly lifting earth from a reserve forest in Gangamati area adjacent to Kuakata sea beach in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali.

Fortify Rights has urged ASEAN to support the establishment of a UN Security Council-mandated global embargo on the sale of weapons and military technology to Myanmar.

From now on, children aged between 12 and 17 will get Covid-19 vaccines without any documents, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

Two Russian employees of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at Ishwardi upazila in Pabna died early yesterday.

The death row convicts in Maj (retd) Sinha murder case Pradeep Kumar Das and Liaqat Ali were transferred to Chattogram Central Jail from Cox’s Bazar jail yesterday.

Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto has expressed his optimism to further strengthen cooperation with Bangladesh.

The suspension of in-person classes at Dhaka University (DU) has been extended till February 21.

A Rab team arrested a 55-year-old man yesterday for raping a minor in Joypurhat’s Khetlal upazila.

When it comes to growing pineapples, Rangamati is on the frontlines of the race. Due to the region’s favourable weather, thousands of tonnes of pineapple is produced here alone.

It’s a curious term. When you hear of a “band party”, you know it’s different from a musical band, although a band party accomplishes the same function: to provide entertainment through music.

To regulate the country’s air quality and reduce air pollution, the government should enact the “Clean Air Act” as soon as possible, after a recent study found air pollution to be a massive health crisis, said speakers in a webinar.

Police yesterday detained four labourers as they cut down a tree at Parir Pahar, popularly known as Court Building.

UK High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson said Bangladesh has become a role model of positive transformation, while continuing to tackle political and governance challenges as a vibrant, independent nation.

Birders may go through many phases in their birding life.