A sedition case was filed against BNP leader Mizanur Rahman Minu, also an adviser to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, and four other party leaders today.

The families of dozens of people killed in clashes between Myanmar security forces and anti-coup protesters prepared to hold funerals after candle-lit vigils took place overnight in defiance of a curfew.

Iranian authorities have charged French tourist Benjamin Briere, arrested 10 months ago, with espionage and “propaganda against the system”, one of his lawyers told Reuters.

Icelanders are yearning for some undisturbed shut-eye after tremors from tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled their sleep for weeks in what scientists call an unprecedented seismic event, which might well end in a spectacular volcanic eruption.

US Representative Deb Haaland has been confirmed as Secretary of the Interior, becoming the first Native American to lead a cabinet agency and securing a central role in President Joe Biden’s sweeping plans to fight climate change.

Protesters angry at men’s violence against women and heavy-handed policing in the wake of the murder of Londoner Sarah Everard protested outside police headquarters, parliament and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office.

More than 400 people from Myanmar, many of them policemen, have crossed into neighbouring India since late February, an Indian police officer said, as Myanmar security forces seek to crush pro-democracy demonstrators after the coup.

Amid fears of a fresh wave of Covid-19, the government has vowed to take a tougher position to fight transmissions.

Five dignitaries are set to arrive for the celebrations – Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume its flights on the Dhaka-Barishal route from March 26.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today filed cases against three organisations for having stagnant water on their premises as it promotes mosquito breeding.

At least 836 acres of illegally occupied forest land have been recovered so far, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Affairs ministry said at a standing committee meeting today.

The World Health Organization appealed to countries not to pause vaccination campaigns after two more European nations and one in Asia joined a handful which have suspended use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over safety fears.

The High Court today ordered the government to immediately stop the functions of Maizea Advance Agro Refinery (MAAR) Limited, a dry starch powder producing company, for the polluting environment at Shappur in Habiganj’s Madhavpur upazila.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal challenging the life term sentence of Oishee Rahman, who murdered her parents in 2013.

The water resources secretary-level meeting in New Delhi tomorrow is expected to discuss the issue of withdrawing water from Feni River for Sabroom town in Tripura.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed has requested people to restrict their movement “unless urgent” during the 10-day state programme from March 17 to 26 to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of independence.

The name of the information ministry has been changed to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Lakhikanta Rai, a school teacher, is alive and well. He wants to register for the Covid-19 vaccine but the portal won't accept his registration. When he arrived at the Upazila Election Commission to seek help, he learned that he has been listed dead on the voter list since June 3, 2014.

Three teachers of a madrasa were placed on remand today in a case filed over murder of a student of the same madrasa in Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj.