Sri Lanka yesterday declared a 36-hour nationwide curfew and deployed troops backed with sweeping new powers under a state of emergency to quell protests against the president, his relatives and even his most trusted shaman.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the party’s next national council might be held in December.

Upon his arrival in the small town of Chop, located in western Ukraine, Ismail Ferdous witnessed first-hand the devastating consequences of war.

The BNP yesterday alleged that the government failed to arrest the price hike of daily essentials and provide relief to the people.

Ukraine yesterday said Russian forces were making a “rapid retreat” from northern areas around the capital Kyiv and the city of Chernigiv as the Red Cross prepared for a fresh evacuation effort from the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday emphasised bringing children with special needs and autism into the mainstream of society giving them opportunities to flourish their hidden talents.

Eminent recital artiste Hasan Arif,  general secretary of Sammilita Sangskritik Jote, passed away around 1:50pm yesterday at the capital’s Bangladesh Specialised Hospital.

Bangladesh were left undone by South Africa’s off-spinner Simon Harmer, who picked up all four wickets in the Tigers’ first innings, as South Africa gained the upper-hand following Bangladesh’s strong comeback with the ball earlier on Day 2 in Durban yesterday.

Scientists on Thursday published the first complete human genome, filling in gaps remaining after previous efforts while offering new promise in the search for clues regarding disease-causing mutations and genetic variation among the world’s 7.9 billion people.

The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested another suspect in the murders of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afran Jamal Prity.

Ukrainian attack helicopters executed a low-flying pre-dawn raid on Russian territory yesterday, a Russian official said, eluding air defenses to strike a fuel depot and signalling Kyiv’s ability to broaden the field of the war.

Police recovered the body of a man from Chuadanga’s Alamdanga yesterday, four days after he went missing.

Police rescued a schoolgirl from Narayanganj who was abducted from ​​ Patuakhali’s Rangabali around two months ago.

A BGB team seized 99 gold bars, weighing around 12.5kg, from a man in the district’s Moheshpur upazila yesterday morning.

Three police members, including a sub-inspector, were injured as drug peddlers attacked them in Habiganj’s Chunarughat on Thursday night.

European Union Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific Gabriele Visentin has said their strategy is all about “cooperation, not confrontation”.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will not operate a direct flight on Dhaka-Toronto route considering that it is not commercially viable.

Amid political turmoil, Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry yesterday said that a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Imran Khan had been reported by security agencies.

Fighting for his political life, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday accused “three stooges” of colluding with a foreign power to oust him as a debate on a no-confidence motion against him in parliament was postponed.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said children with special needs or physically challenged people are not the burden of the society.