Drivers, helpers and supervisors of several inter-city bus operators on the Rangpur-Dhaka route observed a daylong work abstention over non-payment of wages yesterday, causing services to be suspended and resulting in hardship for passengers.

The Trade Organisation Bill 2022, aiming to allow foreign traders to form joint-trade bodies in Bangladesh, was passed by voice vote in parliament yesterday.

Flash floods caused by torrential rains in upstream Meghalaya might damage paddy fields on 4.02 lakh hectares in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrakona, and Kishoreganj.

India’s foreign minister said yesterday he was “deeply disturbed” by civilian deaths in the Ukrainian city of Bucha but stopped short of blaming Russia, calling for an independent probe.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday placed the Anti-Discrimination Bill 2022 in the parliament as the government looks to protect, uphold and ensure equal rights and dignity of all human beings.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against former BNP minister Nazmul Huda in a case filed over the lodging of a fake case against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

Accused Masum Mohammad Akash yesterday confessed to murdering former general secretary of Motijheel Awami League Jahidul Islam Tipu and a student in the capital’s Shahjahanpur.

Explosive remnants of Syria’s war killed nearly 30 civilians, including more than a dozen children, last month, a war monitoring group said yesterday.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a youth accused in a theft case after he jumped into the Shitalakkhya river to escape arrest in Gazipur.

The education ministry yesterday decided that all secondary schools and colleges will remain open till April 20.

Global outrage spread yesterday at civilian killings in north Ukraine, including evidence of bound bodies shot at close range and a mass grave found in areas retaken from Russian troops, as fighting raged on in the country’s south and east.

The family of a pisciculturist, who allegedly became a victim of enforced disappearance, has claimed that the last known location of his iPhone, found using an application, was adjacent to the Rab-1 office in the capital’s Uttara.

It took just 55 minutes and 13 overs for South Africa to wrap the game up on the fifth day of their first Test against Bangladesh as Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer spun the hosts to a crushing 220-run victory at Kingsmead in Durban yesterday.

Embattled Pakistani leader Imran Khan yesterday nominated former chief justice Gulzar Ahmed for the office of caretaker prime minister, as the top court adjourned without deciding on the legality of Khan’s actions in blocking an opposition attempt to oust him.

The United States is responsible for the pause in talks between Tehran and world powers in Vienna aimed at reviving their 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government has adopted plans to ensure better use of surface water and the reduction of its underground extraction.

Two inmates of Chattogram Central Jail died yesterday at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) after both fell sick.

A schoolgirl fractured her hand as she was beaten up by the headmaster at Tarash Government High School in Sirajganj’s Tarash upazila on Saturday.

A madrasa teacher was killed while trying to stop a clash between people of two villages in Sylhet’s Jaintapur upazila yesterday.

A furniture seller was shot dead by unidentified criminals in Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar upazila early yesterday.