Leaders of road transport associations yesterday demanded the government increase bus fares and give them financial benefits as their businesses were “hit hard by the pandemic”.

Police yesterday arrested three people in connection with the murder of a Madrasa student in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authorities concerned to curb food adulteration in Bangladesh with an iron hand alongside creating awareness among businesspeople against such offences.

Turkish border guards have detained five Russians, including a woman suspected of being a member the Islamic State group, and a Libyan who were attempting to cross from Syria, officials said yesterday.

A court in Narail issued arrest warrants for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and party standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy yesterday.

Article 19 yesterday sent a statement welcoming the judgement of the Bangladesh court against those involved in the atrocious 2015 murders of blogger Avijit Roy and Faisal Arefin Dipan, but pointed out that a new type of silencing is underway.

A Noakhali court yesterday framed charges against two accused in a case filed for raping a woman in Begumganj upazila.

The minimum age for Covid-19 vaccination will remain 40 for now, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

Several private dorms for Barishal University students in the city’s Rupatli area were attacked early yesterday, leaving at least 25 students injured.

Expatriates Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad has said Malaysia’s labour market for Bangladeshi workers will reopen only after the Covid-19 situation becomes normal there.

Luna Shamsuddoha, a leading software entrepreneur in the country, passed away at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore yesterday.

As road safety authority failed to achieve the target to halve the number of road accident fatalities by last year, it is now going to extend the deadline by another 10 years.

Sixty-six million years ago, a huge celestial object struck off the coast of what is now Mexico, triggering a catastrophic “impact winter” that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs.

Twenty public universities have decided to hold uniform admission tests, likely in June-July.

Another new Covid variant with potentially worrying mutations has been discovered in the UK.

Bangladesh has called for greater preparedness for the safety and security of the UN peacekeepers.

The government is going to upgrade the 209km Dhaka-Sylhet highway into six lanes, including service lanes on both the sides, under a Tk 16,918.59 crore project.

Kamala Harris spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday to discuss topics including the pandemic and climate change, in a rare phone call between a US vice president and a foreign leader.

France’s national cybersecurity agency said Monday it had discovered a hack of several organisations that bore similarities to other attacks by a group linked to Russian intelligence.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon all to stay alertsaying thatbad things happen when people lead a good life and the country moves towards prosperity.