Embattled Pakistani leader Imran Khan yesterday nominated former chief justice Gulzar Ahmed for the office of caretaker prime minister, as the top court adjourned without deciding on the legality of Khan’s actions in blocking an opposition attempt to oust him.

The Ratnai Bridge on Lalmonirhat-Mughalhat road in Durakuti area of Sadar upazila has turned risky as it has tilted on the west end.

Muslims in Bangladesh have started observing the holy month of Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, from today as the new crescent moon was sighted yesterday.

A 14-year-old boy died yesterday after his co-worker in Anwara Mannan Textile Mill at Sreepur pumped air through his rectum.

Ukrainian attack helicopters executed a low-flying pre-dawn raid on Russian territory yesterday, a Russian official said, eluding air defenses to strike a fuel depot and signalling Kyiv’s ability to broaden the field of the war.

Police recovered the body of a man from Chuadanga’s Alamdanga yesterday, four days after he went missing.

Nree Foundation, a voluntary organisation based in Sherpur, has been serving daily lunch to the unfed people since August last year to alleviate the impact of coronavirus pandemic. The programme titled “Food for the Hungry” has come as a respite for the destitute.

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.

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.