Thirty-two leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League were accused in a case of attacking Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists in the High Court area on Thursday.

Nepali rescuers called off their hunt for a missing passenger plane with 22 people on board late yesterday, planning to resume search operations at first light.

Police detained seven Rohingyas, including three children, in Cox’s  Bazar’s Ukhia upazila on Saturday night for illegal entry into  Bangladesh from India.

BNP is observing the 41st death anniversary of its founder and former president Ziaur Rahman today.

Ukrainian forces endured heavy artillery barrages yesterday as they held off Russian attempts to capture Severodonetsk, the largest city Kyiv still controls in the Luhansk region of the Donbas, Ukrainian officials said.

Consumers in Bangladesh are already facing a difficult time meeting their demand due to the increase in the prices of essential commodities. And now they are forced to spend more money to buy eggs, the low-cost sources of protein.

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal has staged protests across the country against the recent attacks by Chhatra League.

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday told the leaders of France and Germany in a phone call that Russia was willing to discuss ways to make it possible for Ukraine to resume shipments of grain from Black Sea ports, the Kremlin said.

Indian Border Security Force returned the body of a Bangladeshi to the Border Guard Bangladesh yesterday, five days after he was shot dead allegedly by India’s Khasi people near the Jaflong border area in Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila.

A 17-year-old pregnant homemaker set herself on fire after pouring kerosene on herself over a dispute with her husband in the capital’s Shahjahanpur yesterday.

Chattogram Hill Tracts Commission yesterday expressed deep concern over a government move to introduce a new unit of Armed Police Battalion in the region.

Russian forces were assaulting the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk yesterday after saying they had captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman as Moscow pressed its offensive in the eastern Donbas.

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two Russian banks, a North Korean company and a person it accused of supporting North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction program, increasing pressure on Pyongyang over its renewed ballistic missile launches.

At least 31 people were killed yesterday when a stampede broke out in south Nigeria during a church charity event where food was being distributed, police said.

Jatiya Party has said it will discuss at the party forum whether to join the next national election if electronic voting machines are used.

Families of the victims of enforced disappearance decried the government’s report to the Working Group on Enforced Disappearance or Involuntary Disappearances.

A man died after being bitten by a snake at an illegal snake farm in Patuakhali Sadar upazila Friday night.

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka yesterday took delivery of Russian oil -- which could soon be subject to a European embargo -- to restart operations at the country’s only refinery, the energy minister said.

Unicef has recommended that the government prioritise a countrywide remedial programme for recovering the learning loss caused by 18 months of school closure amid the Covid pandemic.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said the government is constructing roads in border areas to stop criminal activities there.