Some 132 Bangladeshi migrant workers, including five females, were deported by the Saudi authorities in the last two days.

The intention of the massacre and atrocities at the BDR Pilkhana headquarters in 2009 was to depose the newly formed Awami League-led government, create a political crisis, and damage democracy, said the High Court in the full text of the BDR mutiny case verdict.

A man was held for allegedly raping his daughter in Bogura early yesterday.

The EU’s top official yesterday told Britain that it could lose its open access to the European market if it refused to extend post-Brexit partnership talks beyond 2020.

The escalating cycle of reprisals between the United States and Iran is threatening the delivery of aid to millions across the Middle East, the Norwegian Refugee Council warned Wednesday.

Top police officials have asked the Special Branch of police to remain alert so that Rohingyas do not get Bangladeshi passports in any way.

The man accused of murdering 19 disabled people at a Japanese care home in one of the country’s worst mass killings pleaded not guilty Wednesday as his trial began.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin called yesterday for a ceasefire in Libya after talks in Istanbul, where they also inaugurated a “historic” gas pipeline.

Police yesterday detained three boys including son of a municipal ward councillor for allegedly raping a girl in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila on Monday.

World leaders and other eminent personalities will visit Bangladesh to attend various programmes to be held marking Bangabandhu’s birth centenary throughout the year.

After around a week-long gap, the country is once again under the spell of a cold wave, which is causing people to suffer.

Israel has approved the construction of 1,936 new settler homes on occupied Palestinian territories, watchdog Peace Now said Monday.

An Indian court yesterday ordered the execution on January 22 of four men convicted of the infamous 2012 gang rape and murder of a Delhi university student.

Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said the government will be held responsible if anything untoward happens to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been in jail since February 8, 2018.

Nasa said Monday that its planet hunter satellite TESS had discovered an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star, which could allow the presence of liquid water.

Director General of Rab Benazir Ahmed yesterday suggested that a joint meeting be held with all judges of lower courts, all public prosecutors (PPs) and police to identify ways to dispose of around 35 lakh cases pending with lower courts for trial.

Murder, rape, and other forms of violence against children increased significantly last year from the previous one, says a report by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF).

“Take our dead bodies, give us our money back”, “We want to eat, we want to live”, “Give us food or we shall eat the constitution” -- these are the slogans imprinted on banners hanging all over Khalishpur. This part of Khulna city is host to nine state-run jute mills.

The Election Commission did not find any proof of violation of the electoral code of conduct by Awami League’s Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral candidate Atiqul Islam.

French officials yesterday prepared to restart talks with unions over a pension overhaul that has sparked the country’s longest transport strikes in decades, which labour leaders say could force millions of people to retire later than they thought.