The Rajshahi Central Jail authorities arranged the marriage of a rapist with the victim at the jail gate yesterday in line with a recent High Court order.

For the second day in a row, the United States on Friday notched a record number of coronavirus cases in 24 hours, reaching 225,201 new infections, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was scheduled to speak to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday to try to break an impasse in trade talks with time running out to avoid a chaotic end to the Brexit saga.

Many public universities are in favour of holding semester exams for final year students to negate session jam and make students qualified for sitting in the upcoming BCS exams.

An elaborate floral-shaped ring sporting 12,638 tiny diamonds has earned a place in the Guinness World Records -- but its Indian creator has no plans to sell his priceless design just yet.

Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman reiterates today that miscreants must be wiped out from the country, and corruption eradicated from

UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Mia Seppo yesterday said the UN and its all the agencies recognise the Bangladesh government’s enormous investment in building Bhasan Char for Rohingya relocation.

The International Press Institute (IPI) and five South Asian media organisations on Thursday launched a cross-border cooperation to highlight attacks on journalists and create public awareness and influence policymakers to end impunity for crimes against journalists in the region.

German divers who recently fished an Enigma encryption machine out of the Baltic Sea, used by the Nazis to send coded messages during World War II, handed their rare find over to a museum for restoration on Friday.

US House legislators voted for the first time Friday to decriminalize cannabis, a key step towards bringing federal laws in line with states and other countries that have freed up use of the drug.

The World Health Organization warned that vaccines were no magic bullet for the coronavirus crisis, as Russia started vaccinating its high-risk workers yesterday and other countries geared up for similar programmes.

A clash broke out between police and a group of protesters seeking demolition of sculptures yesterday after the demonstrators broke a police barricade in front of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque and tried to bring out a procession.

Threats and attacks targeting lawmakers worldwide are rising, an international watchdog has said , warning that some governments were using the pandemic as an excuse to crack down on opposition MPs.

The funeral of freedom fighter Prafulla Ranjan Singha was held with state honour in Raozan, Chattogram yesterday.

The United States on Thursday imposed fresh Iran-related sanctions, blacklisting an entity and an individual as Washington continues to ramp up pressure on Tehran during US President Donald Trump’s final months in office.

Two people were killed after being run over by a train on two unmanned level crossings in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila yesterday.

Britain has become the first Western nation to approve a vaccine for Covid-19, with the United States and other countries expected to follow soon and begin mass immunization drives.

Allies of President Donald Trump have sought an emergency order from the US Supreme Court blocking the certification of election results in Pennsylvania, a key state won by President-elect Joe Biden.

A Barishal court on Thursday afternoon sentenced a man to death for killing a school girl after rape.

As the world awaits a Covid-19 vaccine, a US public health expert says the vast majority of people in Bangladesh and other parts of the world will have to wait a bit longer than expected due to limited global capacity of vaccine production.