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.

Eight people died with Covid-19 and at least 799 new infections were recorded in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a health directorate press release.

Rab officials have arrested four people for the murder of a 13-year-old boy in Ramu of Cox’s Bazar.

Two passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed when a truck hit the vehicle on Cumilla-Sylhet highway in the district’s Akhaura upazila yesterday morning.

A Dhaka court lawyer has been sued under the Digital Security Act in Rangpur’s Badarganj for a Facebook post that allegedly insulted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members.

Dhaka has again topped the list of cities with the worst air quality in the world.

Allowing politically-linked rich people in Bangladesh to embezzle depositors’ money is highly unethical and immoral, said a noted economist yesterday.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday said a consensus among political parties was needed for holding free and fair elections.

The world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, generating alarm and sadness among the aviation world in which it occupies almost cult status.

Studies have shown time and again that red meat is linked to high cholesterol. It also increases risk of cardiovascular diseases, as well as cancer.

The world should not allow the Rohingya issue to be the cause of instability in the region, said Ito Naoki, the Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh, yesterday.

The High Court yesterday directed the Anti-Corruption Commission to place before it the evidence regarding the termination of its official Md Sharif Uddin from service.

M Nasir Uddin, chairman of Pacific Jeans Group, passed away at a hospital in Bangkok yesterday after a long fight with cancer.

Barishal, Mymensingh, and Sylhet divisions have yet to reach the target of inoculating 70 percent of the population aged 12 years and above.

Nepal’s parliament approved a US infrastructure grant of $500 million which critics say undermines the Himalayan nation’s sovereignty as protesters opposed to the proposed funds clashed with police, officials and witnesses said late on Sunday.

Tens of thousands of Australians were ordered to flee their homes yesterday, as torrential rain sent floodwaters to record levels, leaving residents stranded on the rooftops of their homes.

A case was filed with Sunamganj District and Sessions Judge’s Court yesterday over the alleged custodial torture of Wazir Mia, who died of injuries on February 21.