A former union parishad member was killed in an attack reportedly by his rival at Prato Bazar in the district’s Sarail upazila on Thursday night.

A middle-aged man landed in jail yesterday in a case over raping a differently-abled girl in Sirajganj’s Kamarkhand upazila six days ago.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has redistributed portfolios of a minister and two state ministers.

Saudi Arabia sent back 183 Bangladeshi migrant workers, including 20 female workers, on Wednesday night and in the early hours yesterday, according to Brac Migration Programme.

A Dhaka University committee, formed to evaluate the legitimacy of evening programmes at the university, has recommended that the departments temporarily stop enrolling students under these programmes.

Renowned educationists are divided over the University Grants Commission’s move to introduce a central entrance test for public universities.

Bangabandhu warmly greets Senator Edward Kennedy, his wife Joan B Kennedy and his nephew Joseph Kennedy at the prime minister’s residence. Russel, the youngest son of the prime minister, speeds past his father to be the first to greet the senator.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte rejected on Thursday Taiwan’s appeal to lift a ban on its citizens visiting the country, saying his primary concern was the safety of Filipinos.

Iran’s week-long parliamentary election campaign started on Thursday, state TV reported, a vote seen as a popularity test for the clerical establishment at a time when relations with Washington are at their worst since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Beijing will cut smog levels further this year by putting more new energy vehicles (NEV) on its roads, reducing diesel-fuelled truck numbers and tightening its supervision of vehicle emissions and refined oil products, the city said on Thursday.

Armed attackers burned 21 people alive, including 16 members of the same family, in a revenge attack by criminal gangs on a village in northern Nigeria, residents said yesterday.

China is threatening the sovereignty of small Pacific Islands and undermining the region’s stability, a top U.S. military commander said on Thursday, in comments likely to inflame tension with China.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the members of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) to work with honesty, courage and integrity to defeat evil forces to ensure public security.

In Barishal, police yesterday arrested a bedding store trader for raping a fourth grader at his business place on yesterday noon.

In Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila, Abdur Rashid, a farmer, felt the need to do something for the children with special needs, who are often neglected by society.

Separatists in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions kidnapped more than 100 people and torched property in the runup to elections last weekend, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.

Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group have killed five security personnel, including two soldiers, in three separate attacks in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, sources said Wednesday.

Eighteen students of Jamirhaat High School in Parbatipur upazila were expelled and issued transfer certificates yesterday for taking part in a family picnic instead of the one organised by the school.

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to folk singer Shariat Sarkar aka Shariat Boyati in a case filed on charges of hurting religious sentiments.

The High Court yesterday acquitted three railway engineers and a contractor accused in a case filed over the death of four-year-old Jihad who died after falling into an unprotected shaft in the capital’s Shahjahanpur in 2014.