Detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has skipped three days of her trial in a junta court after Covid-19 was detected among her staff and she was placed in quarantine, a source with knowledge of the case said yesterday.

At least 20 people were injured as miscreants hurled crude bombs on the workers of Benapole Land Port in Jashore’s Sharsha upazila, triggering a clash over the responsibility of the port’s cargo handling work yesterday.

Investigators are yet to find a satisfactory answer from the alleged shooter on the motive and mastermind behind the recent double murder.

The Payment and Settlement Systems Bill 2022 was placed in parliament yesterday with a provision to punish top bank officials for fraudulence committed digitally.

A court in Lalmonirhat yesterday sentenced Ruhul Amin Babu, a member of banned militant outfit JMB, to life in prison.

The education ministry yesterday directed secondary schools and colleges to remain open 24 days into Ramadan, which is likely to begin on April 2.

Work hours at government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions during Ramadan will be from 9:00am to 3:30pm.

Turkey yesterday said a second mine which could have come from Ukraine was discovered off its coast near Bulgaria, adding that experts had been sent to defuse it.

The Jatiya Party and BNP MPs yesterday engaged in a debate over the rising prices of essentials and deterioration of law and order with their counterparts in the ruling party during the 17th session at parliament.

A Dhaka court yesterday accepted charges against PK Halder, former managing director of NRB Global Bank, and 13 others in a graft case.

A Dhaka court yesterday asked Rab to submit by April 26 the probe report in journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi murder case.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for spreading the country’s history among the new generation to inspire them to take the country ahead with the spirit of patriotism.

The deep tube-well operator, who is being held responsible by the family of Santal farmer Abhinath Mardi for instigating his suicide in Rajshahi’s Godagari Wednesday, has gone into hiding, said police.

Seven months after tendering his resignation on November 10, 2017 from the post of chief justice, Surendra Kumar Sinha had bought a three-storied building in the US for $280,000.

The Election Commission (EC) will start updating the voter list from May 20 and this would be the last registration of prospective voters before the 12th parliamentary election.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday claimed that foreign powers were involved in the “conspiracy” to send his coalition government packing through a no-confidence motion tabled by the country’s joint opposition.

The threat of a global conflict spawned by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should convince everyone that the time has come for humanity to abolish war before it abolishes humanity, Pope Francis said yesterday.

Police have recovered the bodies of four people, including a college student, in separate incidents in Savar, Mymensingh, Pabna and Noakhali since Saturday evening.

Russia wants to split Ukraine into two, as happened with North and South Korea, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief said yesterday, vowing “total” guerrilla warfare to prevent a carve up of the country.

The Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) is all set to observe a half-day strike across the country today protesting the price hike of daily essentials.