RZD International, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, has expressed interest to finance three proposed railway projects, including the much-talked-about high-speed rail line on the Dhaka-Chattogram corridor.

Police are yet to arrest the two accused involved in a rape incident in Kishoreganj’s Bhairab upazila on Monday.

A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed and three others in two cases filed over attacking policemen and vandalising vehicles in December 2019.

The prosecution concluded arguments in a money laundering case against Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin and 45 others yesterday.

A group of criminals raped a woman tying up her husband and children at her home in Bagerhat’s Morrelganj upazila early yesterday.

The United Nations yesterday agreed to start negotiating a world-first global treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed a watershed moment for the planet.

The Covid pandemic has taken a dire toll on mental health, the WHO said yesterday, indicating that cases of anxiety and depression had swelled by over 25 percent globally.

Labaid Cancer Hospital and Super Specialty Centre observed its first founding anniversary through a special event yesterday, said a press release.

A man hacked a pregnant woman and her mother to death at their home in Narayanganj city’s Dalpotti area on Tuesday afternoon.

Police have arrested a fugitive condemned to death in a case filed over the attempted murder of Sheikh Hasina in Gopalganj about 22 years ago.

Attorney General AM Amin Uddin yesterday told the High Court that 139 deeds were registered with malafide intentions to embezzle public money in the name of land acquisition for the proposed Chandpur Science and Technology University.

Air pollution cuts the average life expectancy of a person in Bangladesh by almost three years, said a global report.

The World Bank on Tuesday announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, stating the money will go to UN agencies and international NGOs while remaining “outside the control” of the country’s Taliban rulers.

For the first time in the country, people with disabilities are being brought under health insurance such that they can get treatment at a low cost.

Sacked ACC officer Sharif Uddin yesterday sought the prime minister’s intervention to get back his job and safety.

Peter Haas, the new US Ambassador to Bangladesh, arrived in Dhaka yesterday.

Western sanctions against Russia are having a huge impact on its economy, Germany’s finance minister said yesterday, as the G7 mulled further punitive measures in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Hong Kongers stripped shop shelves bare yesterday as panic buying set in following mixed messaging from the government over whether it plans a China-style hard lockdown this month.

Dhaka South City Corporation has fired engineer AHM Abdullah Harun over irregularities and corruption involving Tk 12 crore.

The High Court yesterday blasted the government for not taking sufficient measures to control the air pollution in Dhaka and its surrounding areas even after repeated directives.