Strong opposition party in the country is a must to make democracy work for people, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday.

Sylhet Deputy Commissioner M Kazi Emdadul Islam yesterday apologised unconditionally to the High Court for not complying with its order over giving permission to the highest bidder for extraction of stones from the Lava river in the district.

Car bombs killed 11 people including six civilians in two separate incidents in Turkish-held northern Syria yesterday, a monitoring group said.

Myanmar has responded positively towards starting Rohingya repatriation whereas the United Nations has promised continuous support to Bangladesh to collectively address the Rohingya crisis.

Shahadat Hossain, defeated mayor candidate in Chattogram City Corporation polls from the BNP, has demanded a re-election, alleging that verdict of the people was “robbed” by various government agencies and law enforcers with the help of the administration.

Hundreds of young people took to the streets of the Tunisian capital on Saturday to protest against police repression and demand the release of demonstrators detained in recent days.

The brother and aides of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were placed under house arrest on Friday ahead of new rallies, as Russian authorities warned that protesters could face charges of taking part in “mass unrest”.

The US Capitol police officer who died after being injured in the January 6 attack by pro-Trump rioters will lie in honor at the building’s Rotunda, lawmakers said Friday, a mark of respect rarely bestowed.

A car bomb in the Turkish-controlled region of Afrin in northern Syria yesterday killed five people including a child, a British-based war monitor said.

Rich countries squabbling over Covid-19 vaccine supplies must consider the situation in poorer parts of the world, WHO said, as the EU backtracked on a threat to restrict exports of shots to Northern Ireland in its growing row with Britain.

Jeshore-6 MP Shaheen Chaklader is facing criticisms after a leaked phone conversation revealed that he asked a police officer to bomb a police station and frame a lawyer for it.

India blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi yesterday as protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike after a week of clashes with authorities that left one dead and hundreds injured.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s memorial in Tungipara during his visit to Bangladesh in March if a proposal under discussion fructifies, diplomatic sources in New Delhi said yesterday.

A physically challenged teenager was raped in a moving train allegedly by a staff of Bangladesh Railways in Moulvibazar’s Srimangal upazila Friday night.

A one-off tax on Argentina’s richest people to help pay for medical supplies and relief for small businesses battered by the global coronavirus pandemic entered into force on Friday.

The health authorities confirmed 17 more new coronavirus-related deaths and 363 new cases in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Elections to 62 municipalities in 36 districts ended yesterday amid reports of clashes, stuffing of ballot boxes and driving polling agents out of voting centres.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the conviction of lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul is a matter of sadness and shame for the country.

The United Arab Emirates, accused this week by the United States of military intervention in Libya’s protracted civil war, issued a statement Friday stating its readiness to work “closely” with the new US administration for a peaceful solution to the conflict.

Donald Trump met with US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in Florida Thursday amid a tug of war over the Republican Party’s future, with congressional leadership appearing eager to present a united front with the former president.