Dhaka Wasa yesterday proposed resetting its tariffs such that low-income people can get water at a much lower rate than the wealthy.

Russia is preparing for the next stage of its offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said, after Moscow said its forces would step up military operations in “all operational areas”.

Malaysia has started the process of hiring workers from Bangladesh without settling the controversy surrounding the syndicate of 25 agencies chosen to conduct the recruitment.

Ten people were shot dead in Indonesia’s restive eastern province Papua yesterday in an ambush police attributed to rebels.

A headmaster was beaten up by some local Awami League men in Barishal’s Wazirpur upazila on Friday afternoon over the possession of Puttiari Beel.

Russia has ordered its forces in Ukraine to step up operations, its defence ministry said yesterday, as rockets and missiles pounded the country in the latest of a series of bombardments that Kyiv says have killed dozens of people in recent days.

Five people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, taking the total fatalities from the virus in the country to 29,230.

A case was filed against three men for raping a woman in Narayanganj’s Fatullah yesterday.

Israel yesterday hit the Gaza Strip before dawn in what it said was a retaliatory strike for rocket fire from the Palestinian territory controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas.

A transport worker died in “police custody” after being beaten up allegedly by a cop in Magura’s Sreepur upazila yesterday afternoon.

Thousands of people suffered for hours in tailbacks on Bangabandhu bridge link road in Tangail for the fourth straight day yesterday.

The Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque complex in New Delhi is home to an ancient wonder of metal work – a 1,600-year-old iron pillar that is exceptionally resistant to rust.

The Sri Lankan parliament yesterday met to begin choosing a new leader to serve the rest of the current term after the president fled abroad and resigned following mass protests over the country’s economic collapse.

A man, who turned himself in to police after murdering his wife and children, was sent to jail through a Jashore court yesterday.

Parul Begum (name changed), a single mother of two, thought she caught a break when she got the offer to work as domestic help in Qatar for a monthly salary of Tk 40,000.

The ongoing heatwave in the country is expected to continue for a few more days.

At least 19 Bangladeshi pilgrims have so far died in Saudi Arabia this hajj season, according to the website of Religious Affairs Ministry.  

Two students of East West University were killed in a road accident in Narayanganj yesterday when the driver of their car lost control, causing the vehicle to veer into the wrong lane and collide head on with a bus.

Thousands of people suffered for hours under the scorching sun in tailbacks on Bangabandhu Bridge approach road at Elenga of Tangail yesterday.

The five remaining contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister were set to go head to head in the first of three televised debates yesterday, hoping a good performance will boost their chances in a battle that so far has no clear frontrunner.