Unidentified people assaulted a woman and her two friends at the Narsingdi Railway Station on Wednesday morning because of the clothes she was wearing, which the attackers had termed “indecent”.

Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital yesterday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.

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.

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.

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.

The government has decided to provide essentials at a subsidised rate to one crore families through “family cards” from June 1, aiming to ease the pressure they are facing with prices hikes.

Finland and Sweden yesterday submitted a joint application to join Nato as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forces a dramatic reappraisal of security in Europe.

Bangladesh and the US will form a monitoring mechanism to address the challenges and pending issues as the two countries are working on deepening their ties on multiple fronts.