Family members of Rabiul Islam, who was beaten to death allegedly by  police personnel in Lalmonirhat on April 14, are hesitant to file any  case against the suspects as they fear reprisals.

The World Health Organization said yesterday it “strongly recommended” Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for patients with milder forms of the disease who were still at a high risk of hospitalisation.

Astronomers have detected a previously unknown type of stellar explosion called a micronova involving thermonuclear blasts at the polar regions of a type of burned-out star called a white dwarf after it has siphoned material from a companion star.

Climate change campaigners kicked off a wave of protests for Earth Day yesterday, pushing demands such as an immediate halt to European imports of Russian oil and gas and an end to building fossil fuel infrastructure.

A blast ripped through a mosque during Friday prayers in northern Afghanistan, killing 33 people and wounding 43 more, a Taliban spokesman said, just a day after the Islamic State group claimed two separate deadly attacks. 

Rohingya children on Bhasan Char are receiving vaccinations through a routine childhood immunisation programme.

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will make a three-day visit to Bangladesh beginning April 25 as the two countries seek to deepen cooperation on climate change, especially regarding renewable energy, and blue economy.

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit has found evidence of money laundering by e-commerce platforms -- Boom Boom Ltd, Qcoom Ltd, and Sirajganj Shop.

A man was killed in an attack by his two neighbours over a trivial matter in Bagerhat’s Rampal upazila on Wednesday night.

A bKash trader was hacked to death by unidentified criminals in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila on Wednesday night.

Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel was granted bail by several Dhaka courts yesterday in nine cases filed over the embezzlement of customers’ money.

A man died in a Laxmipur hospital on Wednesday night, hours after he was arrested by police in a cheque forgery case.

As most crop protection levees are on the verge of collapse due to flash floods, haor farmers in the north-eastern districts are harvesting ripe and half-ripe Boro paddy with combine harvesters.

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday said it tried to find BNP leader Ilias Ali and is still helping his family in this regard.

The world is facing a “human catastrophe” from soaring food prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, warned the president of the World Bank, David Malpass.

 A man was killed in what the Rab claimed was a gunfight with the law enforcers in Manikganj early yesterday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday claimed the “liberation” of the flattened city of Mariupol after nearly two months of fighting, but signalled he would forgo a final bloody offensive against beleaguered Ukrainian defenders there.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday proposed a “global security initiative” that upholds the principle of “indivisible security”, a concept also endorsed by Russia, although he gave no details of how it would be implemented.

Seventeen people have been killed in suspected jihadist attacks in northern Nigeria, where a more than decade-long Islamist insurgency has claimed tens of thousands of lives, sources said yesterday.

Two women were killed after a reported lightning strike at an illegal firecracker factory in Mymensingh’s Nandail upazila yesterday morning.