US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has invited Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen to visit Washington DC to mark the 50th year of bilateral ties.

When we heard (February 20, 1952) that the All-Party State Language Action Committee decided against violating Section 144, we got very angry. Around 9:00pm-10:00pm, seven or eight of us met on the east bank of the pond at Fazlul Haque Hall.

Two female students were run over and killed by a speeding jeep in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila yesterday.

A 36-year-old Bangladeshi was shot right outside his Brooklyn home in New York early yesterday.

The World Health Organization lamented that half a million Covid-19 deaths had been recorded since the Omicron variant was discovered, calling the toll “beyond tragic”.

The Supreme Court chamber judge yesterday stayed till February 13 a High Court order that halted an Appellate Board’s decision cancelling the candidacy of actor Zayed Khan for general secretary of Bangladesh Film Artistes Association (BFAA) and declaring actress Nipun elected to the post uncontested.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against cricketer Nasir Hossain and his wife Tamima Sultana in a case filed over “adultery” and defamation.

A madrasa student was undergoing treatment at a Sherpur hospital yesterday after being beaten up allegedly by a teacher for being absent from class.

A seven-year-old girl and her 16-year-old brother died in a fire at their house in Saral union of Banshkhali, Chattogram, Monday night.

Coastguards yesterday recovered the bodies of two more men believed to be from any of the fishing boats that sank in the Bay of Bengal on Friday night.

Police yesterday arrested two men on charges of raping a woman in Aditmari, Lalmonirhat.

Police in Bagerhat arrested a fugitive convict, who was sentenced to life in prison for raping a third-grader In Chattogram in 2012.

Australia’s prime minister apologised for widespread sexual harassment, abuse and bullying of political staff yesterday, a year after a high-profile rape allegation rocked the country’s parliament.

More than 100 Belgian police raided multiple addresses around the port city of Antwerp yesterday and detained 13 people suspected of links to a jihadist group.

Indian army rescuers yesterday recovered the bodies of seven soldiers buried in an avalanche while on patrol along a remote Himalayan frontier contested by China.

French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday that after talks with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders he saw a path toward easing tensions.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the lower court concerned to try a corruption case filed over the “theft” of over 1.43 lakh tonnes of coal from Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) in Dinajpur.

The ruling Awami League suffered an election debacle in the seventh phase of union parishad polls as independent chairman candidates outdid them.

As many as four projects were revised yesterday with their costs swelling by Tk 34,483 crore.

Around 9:00am on February 21, 1952, members of the State Language Action Committee were informed that Dhaka University students were not in agreement with the decisions taken by it and they had decided to break the law if necessary.