Sri Lanka’s financial crisis is a classic example of what populist policies, corruption and mismanagement can cause, economists and political analysts from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka told a webinar yesterday.

The International Monetary Fund said on Saturday it held “fruitful technical discussions” with Sri Lanka on its loan request, while the World Bank said it was preparing an emergency aid package for the crisis-stricken country.

Controversial Awami League leader and former lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi and his brother allegedly assaulted two local leaders of Teknaf at a meeting on Friday.

It was 12:35pm. Some 15 to 20 people were waiting at the office of Kamalapur Station Manager Masud Sarwar. But he was not there.

Queen Elizabeth II has named Bangladeshi charity leader Kishore Kumar Das for the Commonwealth Points of Light award in recognition of his exceptional voluntary service through “Bidyanondo”.

Unbridled white clay extraction in Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh district has put the ethnic community in danger as it devoured their homestead and way of livelihood, said the civil society platform Nagorik Uddog.

Sri Lanka’s beleaguered prime minister came under increased pressure to step down yesterday, as staunch allies broke ranks and backed street protests calling for resignations over a worsening economic crisis.

“Fierce battles” raged in eastern Ukraine yesterday all but killing hopes of an Easter truce as officials said they would make a fresh attempt to evacuate civilians from the war-torn city of Mariupol.

No death from Covid-19 was reported in the 24 hours preceding 8:00 am yesterday, said a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Border Guard Bangladesh recovered around seven lakh yaba pills with a street value of Tk 21 crore in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar on Friday.

A worker died after being hit in the head by a falling rod at a factory of Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills (BSRM) Ltd in Bayezid Bostami area of Chattogram yesterday.

The US stands alongside Bangladeshis of all faiths who came together to reject attacks against the minority communities, said US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain.

The body of a six-year-old was recovered from the coast of Bay of Bengal in Urirchar area of Chattogram’s Sandwip yesterday after a speedboat sank amid a storm on Wednesday.

The Directorate General of Health Services has reported 21 new Covid cases and zero deaths for the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Hundreds of buses, cars and trucks remained stranded near Paturia Ghat yesterday afternoon due to the rush of homebound people ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters yesterday in the latest violence at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, as the United Nations voiced deep concern at spiralling unrest.

Today is the 24th death anniversary of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman.

Russia yesterday said it intended a full-bore assault to carve out a sizeable slice of Ukraine, as the UN documented the killing of dozens of civilians in one town.

At least nine people, including a woman, died in separate road accidents in Habiganj, Noakhali, Laxmipur and Faridpur in the last two days.

After over two years of pause, Dhaka and Washington engaged in a series of dialogues early April when the two countries celebrated half a century of diplomatic relationship -- both promising to deepen the bond in the next 50 years.