Britain yesterday put the biggest private health companies on high alert to deliver crucial treatments should Omicron overwhelm National Health Service hospitals in England.

Washington said Sunday it refused to be threatened by Iran’s weekend sanctioning of some 50 Americans including senior officials, warning that Tehran would face “severe consequences” if it attacked any US nationals.

A Dinajpur court yesterday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment and fined Tk 20,000 for abducting and attempting to kill a five-year-old girl after rape in Parbatipur Upazila of Dinajpur in 2016.

Jatiya Party (Manju) yesterday said the new election commission should be formed through the enactment of a law in line with the constitution and not through search committee.

Guliakhali Sea Beach, a unique sea beach located in Sitakunda upazila, was declared a reserved area for tourism yesterday.

Police have pressed charges against Elias Khan, a Chhatra Dal leader in Chattogram, in an arms case filed by Rab with Akbar Shah Police Station.

Six people have been killed in two road accidents in Kushtia over the last two days.

Six bodies were recovered from Buriganga river in Narayanganj yesterday, four days after a motorboat capsized in the district.

India reported 159,632 new Covid-19 cases and 327 new deaths yesterday, as the Omicron variant continues to spread rapidly in the country, nudging several state governments to impose fresh restrictions.

Former superintendent of police Babul Akter was shown arrested yesterday in the case filed by him over the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in Chattogram five and a half years ago.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to get vaccines without unnecessary fear to fight off the coronavirus and its new variants.

Himanshu Roy, a tea stall owner who died in police custody in Lalmonirhat, and his wife were cremated in the same funeral pyre on Saturday night.

In the dialogue with President Abdul Hamid at the Bangabhaban yesterday, Krishak Sramik Janata League opposed search committee for the formation of the next Election Commission.

Four High Court judges have been elevated to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday, raising the judges’ number to eight.

The driver of Meghla Paribahan bus, which hit and killed two pedestrians in the capital’s Gulistan on Saturday, used to drive the bus with a light-vehicle licence.

Although the atmosphere surrounding the Narayanganj city polls is still peaceful, locals believe candidates will face a big challenge maintaining it as internal conflicts between parties and leaders have started coming to light.

Vikram K Doraiswami, the Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka, has discouraged Bangladeshis from travelling to the neighbouring country unless if it is absolutely essential.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Partha Gopal Banik, a suspended deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division, to eight years’ imprisonment in a graft case.

As many as 1.6 million youths lost their jobs and about 20 million faced income loss for the pandemic, found a government study -- signifying the global public health crisis’s outsize economic consequences for Bangladesh’s younger population.

With a rare feat in sight, Bangladesh are taking on hosts New Zealand in the second Test at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch today.