Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the Padma Bridge construction site today to see for herself the progress of the country's largest infrastructure project and to inaugurate the construction work of its rail link.

A 15-year-old garment worker was allegedly gang-raped in Bin Para area of Sadar upazila and was rescued by locals as she tried to die by suicide on Wednesday night.

Cyber attackers stole data from 29 million Facebook accounts using an automated program that moved from one friend to the next, Facebook Inc announced on Friday, as the social media company said its largest-ever data theft hit fewer than the 50 million profiles it initially reported.

Two school students and one college student were killed in separate road accidents in Rajbari and Barishal yesterday.

US President Donald Trump yesterday threatened Riyadh with "severe punishment" if a journalist was killed inside its Istanbul consulate, as Saudi officials were to hold talks in Turkey about his fate.

Four people were wounded yesterday in a low intensity blast in Guwahati city in Assam claimed by banned United Liberation Front of Ahom (Ula- Independent faction).

Most chiefs of utility service providing organisations do not attend coordination meetings called by the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation defying an order of the Prime Minister's Office.

Bangladesh has been elected a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the next three years.

Aid agencies yesterday warned of dire humanitarian consequences if a Russia-Turkey deal to avert a regime assault on Syria's last major rebel stronghold was not fully implemented within days.

When asked in an interview why she chose cyber bullying as a pet cause, US President Donald Trump's wife had a surprising answer.

Thousands of survivors of a devastating quake-tsunami prayed yesterday by the shores of disaster-struck Palu, as the UN chief praised their "resilience" during a tour of the devastated Indonesian city.

Smoking causes cancer, heart diseases and lung problems -- such warnings found on cigarette packets are known to all.

South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) yesterday expressed deep concern over passing of the Digital Security Act 2018 by the Bangladesh government despite strong criticism at national and international levels.

Rainfall and low temperature might continue in the country for one more day as an impact of the deep depression over the Indian state of Odisha.

Turkish authorities have audio and visual evidence that shows journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul just over a week ago, a source familiar with the ongoing investigation told CNN.

Defying a ban, a section of fishermen have been netting hilsa in the Meghna and selling those at a makeshift market in Sadar upazila for the last couple of days.

An alleged drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with Rab in Chattogram city's Muradpur area around midnight on Thursday.

Worldwide Caesarean section use has nearly doubled in two decades and has reached "epidemic" proportions in some countries, doctors warned yesterday, highlighting a huge gap in childbirth care between rich and poor mothers.

As the #MeToo campaign rages on in India, Congress party president Rahul Gandhi yesterday came out in support of the movement, saying it was about time that everyone learns to treat women with respect and dignity.

Court's observations in the August 21 grenade attack case verdicts “exactly reflect the ruling Awami League's political speeches”, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.