Two girls aged between 10 and 11 years were allegedly raped in the capital's Jatrabari on Saturday night by four youths, one of whom was arrested early yesterday.

The government yesterday set a food grain procurement target of 16 lakh tonnes in the current Boro season with a higher price offer for both rice and paddy but kept the purchasing price for wheat the same as last year's.

Every month since May 2012, the capital's Banani Police Station has been submitting a report to the High Court, stating that it is still trying to know the whereabouts of missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali.

A drug dealer arrested with 5,000 yaba tablets in Chittagong secured bail from the High Court by forging the charge sheet that stated he was caught with only 180 pills.

The nation is set to observe the historic Mujibnagar Day today.

Nepalese officials are bracing for a "traffic jam" at Mount Everest this season due to a surge in the number of climbers eyeing to conquer the world's tallest peak.

When humans started to feed wolves, the wolves started to become dogs. In time, man's best friend developed loyal temperament,

Prime Minister Theresa May said yesterday that Britain was beginning to unite behind Brexit, 10 months after the divisive referendum that saw the country narrowly vote to leave the European Union.

Village arbitrators shaved the couple's heads. Then they were made to walk around the village wearing garlands of shoes. Yet it wasn't enough and so they were fined Tk 40,000 and if they fail to pay the fine today, they will be driven out of Hatilet Dublakhola village of Phulbaria upazila.

The Italian coastguard and other boats rescued some 3,000 migrants from unseaworthy boats off the Libyan coast on Saturday, as the good weather pushes the numbers up, a participating NGO said.

US-backed fighters have advanced to the edge of a key jihadist-held town in northern Syria, a monitor said yesterday.

The Criminal Investigation Department yesterday took over the charge of investigation into the murder case filed over the death of Maldivian medical student and model Raudha Athif.

A depression southeast of the Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas has moved north-northeastwards, intensifying into a deep depression over the east-central part of the Bay and adjoining southeastern area (near latitude 14.10 N and longitude 89.90 E).

A woman farmer has died of heart attack she had apparently failing to bear the news that flash flood washed away most of her crops in Habiganj's Baniachong upazila.

With transport owners set to stop so-called “seating service” today, passengers are sceptical about getting benefits in the absence of strict monitoring by the government.

India's Water Resources and River Development Minister Uma Bharti said the federal government has a positive stand on the issue of

Popular in cities, towns and villages throughout the country, the game of carrom was probably invented in the royal courts of ancient

Hackers released documents and files on Friday that cybersecurity experts said indicated the US National Security Agency had

Two alleged extortionists were killed in a gunfight with police at a brick kiln in Hariadah village in Gangni upazila of Meherpur early Friday.

Dhaka has been ranked second among the cities with the largest number of active Facebook users.