At least 18 women drowned and dozens more people are missing after an overcrowded boat carrying a Pakistan wedding party capsized yesterday, officials said.

A Narayanganj court yesterday sent two men to jail on charges of stabbing a journalist in Bandar area.

Noted playback singer, ghazal maestro and musician Bhupinder Singh passed away yesterday at 7:45pm in Mumbai’s Criticare hospital.

A special nationwide campaign to inoculate 75 lakh people with the second and booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will take place today, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

A Narsingdi court sent a man to jail last night after police arrested him in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

A UPDF member was killed and another injured in a “gunfight between two factions” of the organisation in a remote area of Khagrachhari’s Matiranga upazila early yesterday.

The High Court yesterday ordered a judicial enquiry into the allegation of humiliation of a college teacher in Narail on June 17.

Sri Lanka’s acting president renewed the country’s state of emergency yesterday ahead of a parliamentary vote to pick a new head of state -- a poll in which he is a leading candidate.

Chattogram Cyber Tribunal yesterday sent two directors of Deepto TV and its chief operating officer to jail in three cases filed under the controversial section 57 of the ICT act.

Iranian police have arrested several people for disturbing security after they protested the drying up of a lake once regarded as the Middle East’s largest, official media said yesterday.

Four people died from Covid-19 in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, the DGHS said in a press release.

Dhaka Wasa yesterday proposed resetting its tariffs such that low-income people can get water at a much lower rate than the wealthy.

Russia is preparing for the next stage of its offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said, after Moscow said its forces would step up military operations in “all operational areas”.

A Rajbari Court yesterday sent the CEO of e-commerce site Jeka Bazar Ltd, to jail for allegedly embezzling around Tk 60 crore, CID sources said. 

The prosecution’s hearing on charges framed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 14 others in Gatco graft case was completed yesterday.

The five Conservative contenders still vying to be Britain’s next prime minister were set to clash in a second televised debate yesterday when they are set to renew hostilities over tax policy and issues such as transgender rights.

At least two persons were killed and three others injured as a Dhaka-bound pick-up overturned on the Padma Bridge last night, bringing vehicular movement on the bridge to a halt for about 15 minutes.

A six-member delegation of the European Parliament arrived in Dhaka yesterday to learn about the country’s trade with Europe and its progress in adapting to more demanding trade standards.

After her husband’s sudden death, Jamuna Begum is left hopeless.

Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday advised the candidates of SSC and its equivalent examinations to be prepared for a tight exam schedule this year.