Renowned actor Abdul Kader breathed his last in the capital’s Evercare Hospital at 8:20 am yesterday after battling stage IV cancer.

The cold may get worse within the next two or three days as the temperature is likely to fall further.

The European Union teed up a vaccine rollout yesterday, even as countries in the bloc were forced back into lockdown by a new strain of the virus, believed to be more infectious, that has spread from Britain to France and Spain and even as far as Japan.

Abbe Pierre, world renowned philanthropist and chief patron of the United Towns Organisation of Europe, calls on Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Gono Bhaban today and discusses with him his committee’s Town Twining Programme in Bangladesh.

The plan to dismantle the iconic parabolic umbrella roof and plaza of Kamalapur Railway Station to make way for a multimodal hub and an extended metro rail line has stirred up an outcry among experts who say it will be like destroying part of the history of Dhaka.

Israel on Thursday arrested a Palestinian man in connection with the murder of a Jewish settler in the occupied West Bank, in a case that raised tensions in the area.

The European Union yesterday warned Turkey that a heavy jail sentence imposed on journalist Can Dundar harmed both human rights in the country and Ankara’s relations with Brussels.

Russia’s growing role in the volatile Central African Republic was in the spotlight this week, after Moscow dispatched military instructors following a rebel threat to disrupt Sunday’s elections.

Russian authorities yesterday opened a criminal probe into an ally of opposition leader Alexei Navalny after raiding her flat, alleging she threatened a man Navalny claimed took part in his poisoning.

Bakhtiar Uddin Chowdhury, a freedom fighter and political analyst, passed away early yesterday. He was 72 years old.

After months of fraught negotiations between the European Union and the UK, Britons welcomed Thursday’s “Christmas present” Brexit deal with relief and some scepticism.

The Covid-19 fatalities in Bangladesh rose to 7,398 with 20 more deaths recorded in the past 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday amid apprehensions that winter could complicate the coronavirus situation.

The sacrifices made to protect people during the coronavirus pandemic must not be squandered over the festive period, the World Health Organization’s chief said in a Christmas message.

A 45-year-old constable of Chattogtam Metropolitan Police (CMP) died with coronavirus yesterday.

Turkey would like better ties with Israel but Israeli policy towards the Palestinians remains “unacceptable”, President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday offered to hold fresh talks to end a stalemate over new agricultural reforms, in his latest push to win over farmers protesting for almost a month against the move.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman once again asks Pakistan President ZA Bhutto to stop bargaining with the fate of four lakh Bangalees stranded in Pakistan. “Despite Bhutto’s shouting, Pakistani war criminals will be tried on the soil of Bangladesh if I am alive,” the prime minister says.

The task of sniffing out passengers infected with Covid-19 at Chile’s Santiago international airport is going to the dogs.

The second batch of Rohingya refugees are likely to be relocated to Bhasan Char at the end of this month, officials said.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman reiterates his firm determination to deal with miscreants and other anti-social elements with a firm hand and warns them once again that his government would not allow a handful of armed miscreants to play with the lives and security of the 75 million peace-loving people of the country.