A 25-year-old man was allegedly tortured to death in custody of the Police Bureau of Investigation on Monday in Bagerhat.

In a first for Bangladesh, Magura Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Ziaur Rahman gave a fictitious name -- “Kalpa” -- to a college student seeking justice and delivered the verdict on Monday without mentioning her real name.

Many villages and croplands on a vast tract of land have gone under water as flood protection dams breached in some districts across the country.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today presides over a high-level conference at the Gono Bhaban which reviews the entire programme for agriculture during 1972-73.

There’ll be no handshake, but venom to spare when President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden meet in Cleveland on Tuesday night (US time) for the first of three televised debates that could shake up an already volatile race for the White House.

Kuwait’s emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, regarded as the architect of the nation’s modern foreign policy, died yesterday, according to the royal court. He was 91.

The verdict of Rifat Sharif murder case is set to be delivered today.

The Murari Chand College and hostel authorities who apparently turned a blind eye as a group of BCL activists occupied many rooms are now probing how those very activists could rape a woman inside the hostel.

The fourth phase of flood in the northern region may damage large quantities of paddy and winter vegetables, feared farmers and experts.

Justice is yet to be delivered for the mindless communal attacks on the Buddhist community in Cox’s Bazar’s Ramu upazila in 2012 although three separate probe reports identifying the attackers and inaction of nonchalant local officials were placed before the High Court seven years ago.

A wide variety of products made of jutton, a fabric produced from 70 percent jute and 30 percent cotton, is shown to Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Gono Bhaban today. The prime minister’s first reaction to jutton is, “We are successful now.”

Dhaka may give a fresh push for water-sharing deals of Teesta and other common rivers during the Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting scheduled to be held today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will hold a virtual meeting in December.

Three people, including a woman, were arrested yesterday over the rape of two girls in Noakhali and Chattogram city, police said.

More than one million people have died from coronavirus marking a grim milestone in the spread of the disease that has ravaged the world economy, inflamed diplomatic tensions and upended lives from Indian slums to New York City.

By-elections to Dhaka-18 and Sirajganj-1 parliamentary seats will be held on November 12, the Election Commission announced yesterday.

Thirty-two people were reported dead from Covid-19 in the country in 24 hours till 8:30am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

People continued to suffer as flood situation in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram worsened yesterday following incessant rainfall and the onrush of water from the upstream.

The number of deaths from Covid-19 has increased by 2.37 percent than that of the previous week, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Bangladesh Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today holds a meeting of senior officials of Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) at the Gono Bhaban and reviews the activities of the government body. They discuss the problems faced by TCB in importing various essentials goods.