A sedition case was filed yesterday against BNP leader Mizanur Rahman Minu, also an adviser to Chairperson Khaleda Zia, and three other party leaders over making a hint that another 1975 could occur.

State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid has said the authorities will rethink their decision to hold the Ekushey Boi Mela if the pandemic situation deteriorates.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested three officials of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL) in connection with a case filed over laundering about Tk 70.82 crore from the non-banking financial institution.

The 41st BCS preliminary examination is going ahead on March 19 after the High Court rejected a writ petition filed by a BCS candidate seeking its deferral due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the recent surge in infections and fatalities.

On the morning of March 17, the Mujib-Yahya talks resumed. Today was Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s 51st birthday. Bangabandhu reiterated his demand for the withdrawal of martial law and the immediate transfer of power to elected representatives.

Tens of thousands of Bolivians answered an opposition call Monday for protests against the arrest and detention of former president Jeanine Anez on charges of leading a coup d’etat against her socialist predecessor Evo Morales.

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg yesterday said European allies had increased defence spending in 2020 despite the economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic.

The United States yesterday accused Chinese state media of publishing “disinformation” about its diplomats in Hong Kong as it denied its staff invoked immunity to avoid isolating after positive coronavirus tests.

A mob yesterday attacked SM Munim Lincoln, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Jibannagar in Chuadanga, as he tried to free a tractor that was held by the locals for killing a man.

The High Court yesterday observed that a specific law or rules need to be formulated soon regarding imposition of embargo on corruption suspects or accused’s leaving the country.

The government increased prices of edible oil yesterday, less than a month after doing the same citing price hike in the international market.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman met President Yahya Khan this morning. He arrived at the President’s House in a car flying a black flag to mourn the death of those killed during the ongoing non-cooperation movement. It was an hourlong discussion.

Several members of the Awami League Parliamentary Board have questioned its decision nominating Nuruddin Chowdhury Nayan, general secretary of Laxmipur district AL, for contesting the Laxmipur-2 by-election.

China yesterday offered to provide 100,000 doses of Chinese coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh for emergency use.

New York, the US city most bereaved by the coronavirus, paid a moving tribute Sunday to its 30,258 dead, one year after the start of the pandemic.

The Ministry of Information has been renamed as the “Ministry of Information and Broadcasting”.

Bangladesh and India hold the water-secretary level meeting in Delhi today ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh on March 26-27.

Muslims can receive Covid-19 vaccine shots during the fasting of Ramadan, said Islamic Foundation.

Myanmar security forces fired on pro-democracy demonstrators yesterday, killing 11 people, media and witnesses said, a day after dozens of protesters were shot dead and attackers torched several Chinese-financed factories in the city of Yangon.

Another case was filed yesterday in connection with the February 19 clash between two Awami League factions in Noakhali’s Companiganj upazila, which left a local journalist dead.