The United States appealed today to India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and urged the Pakistanis to restore normalcy in East Pakistan through “peaceful political accommodation”.

Dengue fever infections dropped dramatically in an Indonesian study where a bacteria was introduced into disease-carrying mosquitoes, offering hope in the battle against an illness that sickens millions annually around the world.

Italy has created a national cybersecurity agency following warnings by Prime Minister Mario Draghi that Europe needed to protect itself from Russian “interference.”

At least 177 people were killed by lightning strikes, mostly farmers at different parts of the county while 47 others were wounded in the last four months since March.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin directed the Pentagon on Wednesday to sharpen its focus on China, which the United States has tagged as its top strategic rival.

Belgium’s defence minister said yesterday the country could take in around 30 Afghans who had worked with its military during the Nato mission, as the alliance wraps up a two-decade deployment.

A Union Parishad member was shot dead by a group of unidentified miscreants in Noakhali’s Hatia upazila early yesterday.

The Election Commission has postponed polls to 163 union parishads in Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira, Noakhali, Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar districts due to a surge in Covid-19 cases.

The Myanmar junta has hit deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi with corruption charges over claims she accepted illegal payments of gold and more than half a million dollars in cash, state media reported yesterday.

Noted Bengali filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta passed away at his Kolkata residence yesterday.

India yesterday recorded a global record of more than 6,000 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours after one state dramatically revised upwards its data, stoking suspicions that the country’s toll is much higher than reported.

Lack of support for research and a dearth of quality publications are the main reasons for Bangladeshi universities lagging behind in most of the world rankings, said educationists.

Air travel within the country is going to get costlier as Padma Oil Company, the only source of jet fuel in the country, has once again increased the price of the fuel.

Mukti Fouj guerillas made a series of attacks on Pakistani positions in Cumilla sector in the last few days, killing at least 28 Pakistani soldiers, according to Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra. Twenty soldiers were killed when guerillas ambushed a Pakistani army column near Fakirhat on June 10, 1971.

Dhaka has been ranked the fourth least liveable city in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual global survey.

A drought without incessant rains or severe storms have blessed four mango-producing districts in Rajshahi division with good yields but the region’s farmers are yet to see good fortune.

Bangladesh and Japan have agreed to work together to tackle the Rohingya crisis and the challenges posed by the pandemic.

The US Senate confirmed Joe Biden’s first two judicial nominees onto federal benches Tuesday, helping the president fulfill his priority to bring greater diversity to the nation’s courts.

Robots have been seen assisting medical staff at Covid-19 hospitals across the world but it has never been seen here.

French President Emmanuel Macron will continue to greet crowds during his travels despite a security scare that saw him slapped by a man in the south of France, a government spokesman said yesterday.