A faction of the country’s petrol pump owners yesterday threatened to go on strike from February 17 across the country if the government does not increase their commission.

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday accepted charges against two people, including “Shishu Bokta” Rafiqul Islam Madani, in a case filed under the Digital Security Case.

A 15-year-old girl was gang-raped in a village of Thakurgaon Sadar early Tuesday, said police.

A Bailey bridge collapsed along with a rice-laden truck in Bandarban’s Rowangchhari upazila around 2:00pm yesterday, killing the driver on the spot.

The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed in the country on the night of February 28.

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.

The family of Nurunnahar Chowdhury, who recently went to the USA for higher education, has allegedly been ostracised by a local mosque committee in the district’s Kulaura upazila over her wearing short dresses and rumours over marrying a Hindu man there.

Prof ABM Abdullah has been named emeritus professor of Bangaban-dhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

As a group of Chinese researchers flagged concerns about NeoCov, claiming this new virus has a latent potential to mutate and penetrate the human population, two Bangladeshi experts think the fear is illogical and there is no need to panic.

Typically, it takes three to four months to appoint a project director.

In the sixth phase of Union Parishad elections held on Monday, independents bagged chairman posts in 95 UPs and Awami League nominees in 117 UPs, according to Election Commission data unveiled yesterday.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has bought two Boeing 737-800 aircraft which it had been leasing from Ireland’s Celestial Aviation Trading Ltd since 2009.

The government has asked cable operators to provide set-top boxes (STBs) to their customers in Dhaka and Chattogram cities by March 31.

A single flash of lightning in the United States nearly two years ago cut across the sky for nearly 770 kilometres, setting a new world record, the United Nations said yesterday.

Sri Lanka’s navy yesterday said it had arrested 21 Indian fishermen after a confrontation with two trawlers poaching in the island’s territorial waters.

The Taliban have arrested two Afghan journalists working for a local news channel, rights groups and the United Nations said yesterday, weeks after two women activists went missing.

The health directorate reported that 31 people died of Covid-19 in the 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.

The High Court yesterday blasted the government authorities concerned for their failure in taking effective measures to control the air pollution in Dhaka and its surrounding areas despite its repeated directives.

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate recovered 46 gold bars, worth around Tk 3 crore, from a wheel of an abandoned vehicle in GSE area of Shah Amanat International Airport Wednesday.

Some 40 leaders and activists, including BNP Central Cooperative Affairs Secretary GK Gaus, have been sent to jail in Habiganj on Tuesday.