Dozens of Yemeni pro-government fighters have been killed in a new offensive to take a rebel-held city, loyalist sources said yesterday, following a surge in violence including missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates.

At least 43 Covid-19 patients died in 24 hours preceding 8:30am yesterday, the highest single-day death toll since the third wave of the virus hit the country early last month.

US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue is going to be held on March 20 under a new reality when the bilateral relations witness strains following the US sanctions on Rab and not inviting Bangladesh in Biden’s Democracy Summit.

Nine tigers and nine lions are in good health at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur, while one lion is being treated for illness caused by old age complications, park officials said.

The government while closing 25 state-owned jute mills a year and a half ago had pledged to reopen those, but a parliamentary committee yesterday recommended those be not reopened under government management.

Some places of the country may see rain, triggered by westerly loo, on Thursday, says Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).

Trains will start taking passengers at full capacity from February 13, Bangladesh Railway said in a notification on Sunday.

A Narsingdi court yesterday placed two men on a one-day remand each in a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman in Palash upazila.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed 10 BNP men on a three-day remand each and sent others to jail in a case filed over Sunday night’s clash between police and Chhatra Dal activists in the capital’s Naya Paltan.

Fennel seeds look like cumin, but are greener. They are the dried seeds of the fennel herb. It is a common item frequently used in most South Asian kitchens.

A college student and her family members have been living away from their neighbourhood in Charghat, Rajshahi, for 11 days for fear of reprisals after her father accused a local man and four of his friends in a case of stalking and attempted rape.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given directives to the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment to make the process of manpower export more precise and transparent.

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances yesterday began a five-day meeting in Geneva to examine more than 300 cases from 24 countries.

Shafia Khatun, Shamsunnahar, Rawshan Ara (Bachchu) and I went to Bangla Bazar School and Eden College to organise the strike.

A man was trampled to death by an elephant after he went too close to it in Bethua Bazar area of Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria yesterday.

Until 1948, the State Language Movement was a movement of the intelligentsia and the students; it did not find its place among the masses.

Newspaper owners yesterday urged the government to bring down the taxes in the next national budget as the sector looks to stage a comeback after being battered by the pandemic.

Genocide Watch, a US-based organisation, has formally recognised the crimes committed by the Pakistani military forces against the people of Bangladesh in 1971 as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

A one-litre bottle of soybean oil will now cost Tk 168, as the commerce ministry yesterday agreed to the refiners’ proposal of hiking the prices of edible oils.

Rab yesterday arrested five members of a robbery gang and seized arms and ammunition following a “gunfight” in the Jangal Salimpur area of Chattogram city.