The Kremlin said on Saturday that the West was behaving like a bandit by cutting economic relations over the conflict in Ukraine but that Russia was far too big to be isolated as the world was much larger than just the United States and Europe.

China’s military budget -- the second-largest in the world after the United States -- is set to increase by 7.1 percent in 2022, Beijing announced yesterday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday sued 15 people in three cases for their alleged involvement in dodging Tk 105.10cr government revenue.

Police in Gazipur allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman, causing a miscarriage last week.

A man, sentenced to death for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was right under the nose of law enforcers in Dhaka for 21 years.

At least 25 people, including a member of the police, were injured in a clash between the supporters of the Jubo League and BNP in Dumki upazila of Patukhali yesterday.

An 11-member delegation of the food ministry is due to go on a ten-day tour of the UK and Turkey from March 8 but no one knows the schedule and budget yet, raising questions about the need for the trip when the government is watching its expenditure for the pandemic.

The High Court five years ago allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission to conduct enquiries and investigations into any type of corruption and take necessary action against the offenders, but the graft watchdog failed to bring the Bangladeshis, who deposited money in overseas banks and purchased properties abroad, to book.

Bangladesh and India have decided to conduct a feasibility study on a comprehensive bilateral free-trade agreement covering goods and services, reopen the border haats and operationalise the busy Benapole-Petrapole trade point round the clock.

Police on Friday arrested a former temporary data entry operator of the Election Commission from Cox’s Bazar’s Matarbari over helping Rohingya refugees obtain Bangladeshi national identity cards.

A man was caught red-handed by a mob over molesting a college student in the capital’s Shahbagh area yesterday.

The sale of some basic commodities by the state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh starts in Dhaka today in the first phase to deliver the items to one crore low-income families at subsidised prices.

Thirteen people died from Covid-19 and 368 others tested positive for the virus in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

At least 100 new species -- from monkeys to mussels -- were found in Myanmar in a decade, according to conservationists who said discoveries during the country’s fleeting period of openness revealed “astonishing biodiversity”.

France has lifted restrictions on Bangladesh and decided to consider it a “Green” listed country with regards to Covid-19.

A Swechchhasebak League leader on Thursday landed in jail on charge of snatching money.

At least 11 people died in eastern India after a massive explosion at a house where firecrackers were being made illegally, officials said yesterday.

Dhaka University Alumni Association is going to accord posthumous honours to 100 dignitaries to celebrate 100 years of the university.

A 57-year-old woman was recently killed by a man who was hired by her daughter to do the job in Gazipur’s Sreepur area, police said after arresting the culprits.

Menstrual hygiene is crucial for women’s health. Lack of it may lead to serious problems like reproductive tract infections (RTI).