Bangladesh registered 50 new Covid cases in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, taking the country’s total caseload to 1,953,188, health authorities said.

Bangladesh expressed its commitment to guarantee human rights of all, as enshrined in its constitution, as the European Union raised concerns on alleged human rights violations in Bangladesh and stressed on ensuring accountability.

At least 26.5 percent of the country’s population suffer from obesity while 13 percent from hypertension and seven percent from diabetes, find multiple studies by the health directorate.

The BNP yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s remark about pushing the party’s Chairperson Khaleda Zia into the river from the Padma bridge was tantamount to a “death threat”.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed another case, accusing PK Halder and 11 others of laundering Tk 44 crore.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the finance and commerce ministries and Bangladesh Bank to find ways to deal with the economic pressure caused by the Russia-Ukraine war and Covid pandemic.

As the Surma and the Kushiyara keep rising, more and more areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj are going under water every day and large number of flood victims suffering from scarcity of food and drinking water.

Sri Lanka’s central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said yesterday, but police fired tear gas and water canon to push back student protesters.

There was no late drama as the first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ended in an expected draw on the fifth day at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

Ukraine’s bid to join the EU cannot be sped up despite the country’s invasion by Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said yesterday, adding that the bloc must find a “fast and pragmatic” way to help Kyiv.

Local airlines are poised to raise ticket prices further after Padma Oil Company this week hiked the price of jet fuel for the 14th time in 18 months.

The UN warned Wednesday that a growing global food crisis could last years if it goes unchecked, as the World Bank announced an additional $12 billion in funding to mitigate its “devastating effects.”

BNP leader and former MP Noor Afroz Begum Jyoti was awarded with seven-year imprisonment in a graft case yesterday.

The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday sentenced three men to death for crimes against humanity in Moulavibazar during the Liberation War.

Members of Bangladesh Navy yesterday rescued 33 Rohingya refugees from the Teknaf coast in Cox’s Bazar while they were being trafficked to Malaysia through the Bay of Bengal.

A 65-day ban has been imposed on all kinds of fishing in Bangladesh maritime from today.

The country will have to import fertiliser at higher prices from the international market in the wake of the global price hike due to the Russia-Ukraine war.

Four students were injured when a fan fell off the ceiling of a classroom of Lalmonirhat Government Girls High School yesterday.

A Bagerhat court yesterday sent a village guard to jail over raping a homemaker in Bagerhat’s Fakirhat upazila.

The 18th session of the 11th parliament will begin on June 5. It will be the budget session of this year.