A man was sued in Chattogram yesterday on charges of raping his nine-month-old niece. The baby, who was being treated at Chattogram Medical College Hospital, was in critical condition, according to family members.

A local female leader of ruling Awami League was hacked to death yesterday by an opponent group following rivalry over “drug trading and establishing supremacy” Rupganj upazila’s Chanpara Paschimgaon in the district.

Oli Ahmed, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, a component of the BNP-led 20-party combine, is likely to announce the formation of a separate political alliance for the release of Khaleda Zia.

Twenty more Bangladeshi migrants, who had been stranded in the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian coast of Zargis for some three weeks, returned home yesterday afternoon.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who has been suffering from multiple health condi-tions for about nine months now, was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka yesterday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday issued instructions to bar its director Khandaker Enamul Basir from leaving the country, as it primarily found the bribery allegations against him to be true.

A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants for 78 of the 125 accused in a case filed over their alleged involvement in question paper leak of Dhaka University’s “Gha” unit admission test in 2017.

Papua New Guinea’s volatile Ulawun volcano -- designated one of the world’s most hazardous -- erupted yesterday, spewing lava high in the air and sending residents fleeing.

British prime ministerial hopeful Boris Johnson prompted puzzlement, amusement -- and some skepticism -- with the unexpected admission that he makes model buses by painting up wooden wine boxes.

North Korea yesterday denounced US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as an obstruction to nuclear negotiations, days before President Donald Trump visits Seoul while talks with Pyongyang are deadlocked.

A youth has allegedly raped a mother of two children in Mymensingh after manipulating her with false promise of marriage. The reported incident took place early Tuesday in Nandail upazila where the 28-year-old victim works as a domestic help.

Whoever is responsible for the deadly train derailment in Boromchal area of Moulvibazar’s Kualura upazila will be punished, said Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan.

Former US special counsel Robert Mueller is to testify in public about his report into Russian electoral interference, paving the way for a historic television moment in which Democrats will attempt to make the case for President Donald Trump’s impeachment before the American people.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged China to persuade Myanmar to take back their over one million Rohingya nationals from Bangladesh.

Fifteen more Bangladeshis of the 64 migrants, who were stranded in the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian coast of Zarzis for nearly three weeks, returned home yesterday afternoon.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday asked a special correspondent of Bangla Tribune to appear before it to testify about the alleged bribing of its Director Khandaker Enamul Basir by suspendend DIG of police Mizanur Rahman.

Malaysia has ordered nearly 500 schools and kindergartens to close until tomorrow, after dozens of people were hospitalised with symptoms suggesting they breathed toxic fumes, possibly from industrial waste, the second such incident this year.

Kolkata police yesterday arrested four people, including three Bangladeshis, from Sealdah Railway Station area for their alleged involvement in militant activities.

A supporter of the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) was shot dead in Bandarban’s Rowangchhari upazila early yesterday.

Surgeons at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) have successfully performed liver transplant for the first time at a government hospital in the country.