US Congressman and Chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Gregory W Meeks will visit Bangladesh this year to observe the human rights situation and other issues.

The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades has killed at least 18 people in Quito, washing away cars, damaging homes and sweeping away volleyball players and spectators on a sports field, officials said yesterday.

A kidney stone is solid deposit that is made from chemicals in the urine.

The Russian and US foreign ministers are set to hold fresh talks today after a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine, with Washington vowing to work with Western allies to beef up sanctions should Moscow decide to invade its neighbor.

Five people died yesterday after a boat capsized following a collision with a bulk carrier amid dense fog in the Dakatia river off the coast of Chandpur.

A total of 322 Covid-19  patients died in January -- around four times higher than the 91 deaths in December.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a Buddhist monk from a temple near Khagrachhari’s Gukrachhari Paimong Member Para village.

Weekly Covid-19 cases in India fell for the first time in the third wave of the pandemic while deaths from the virus continued to rise, registering a growth of 41% against the previous week’s toll.

The trial of the murder case filed in connection with the Rana Plaza collapse began yesterday with the complainant’s depositions.

The sixth phase of the union parishad elections held yesterday was peaceful compared to previous phases.

Promising marriage, a youth raped a ninth grader in Natore’s Gurudaspur upazila early yesterday, police said, quoting her family members.

Staying abroad, cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore continues to make anti-government statements on Facebook, the prosecution told a Dhaka court yesterday.

A Pabna court yesterday rejected the bail petitions of Bharara union parishad Chairman Abu Sayeed Khan and two of his followers, and sent them to jail over the murder of Yasin Alom, 40, an independent candidate killed in a clash on December 11 ahead of UP polls in the union.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to shut down all unlicensed brick kilns in Dinajpur and Moulvibazar in seven days to curb air pollution and save the environment.

A Panchagarh court yesterday sent a local madrasa teacher to jail for violating two minor students on Saturday night.

Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions and the districts of Tangail, Gopalganj, Faridpur, Madaripur, Rangamati, Feni, Moulvibazar, Jashore, Kushtia, Chuadanga, Barishal and Bhola and the upazila of Sitakunda and it may continue.

A prisoner “died by suicide” hanging from a toilet window in Jhenidah District Jail yesterday.

English daily The Independent ceased all its operations yesterday.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority yesterday started the process to take negative dope test reports before issuance or renewal of professional driving licenses.

Russia said yesterday it wants “mutually respectful” relations with the United States and denied posing a threat to Ukraine, as the UK said it was preparing fresh sanctions against Moscow.