Two people, including Rajapur upazila unit Sramik League secretary, were arrested early yesterday in connection with raping a housewife in Rajapur upazila town.

Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, popularly known as Santu Larma, yesterday alleged that the government did not take effective steps to implement the fundamental aspects of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord even 20 years after its signing.

Around 60 percent people from the marginalised communities in Bangladesh experienced violence more than two occasions last year, according to a new study.

Rab has collected fingerprints and DNA samples to identify the three militant suspects killed in Tuesday's anti-terror operation in Chapainawabganj.

The BNP has extended its support for the half-day hartal called for today by left-leaning parties protesting a rise in power tariff from December.

Unidentified criminals demanded Tk 3 lakh as ransom from the family members of missing priest Walter William Rozario on Tuesday night.

Pope Francis called on Myanmar's top Buddhist monks to conquer "prejudice and hatred" in a country ravaged by communal divisions, after holding the nation's first-ever papal mass attended by 150,000 Catholics yesterday.

Four journalists were beaten up allegedly by some Jubo League men, led by the son of Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif, in Pabna's Ishwardi yesterday afternoon. They were gathering information about the preparation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit there today.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi publicly yesterday ordered his military chief of staff to restore security in Sinai within three months after militants killed more than 300 worshippers, demanding "complete brutal force."

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, facing Western donor pressure over a crackdown on critics ahead of 2018 elections, will seek more aid and investment from China during a visit this week, his aide said yesterday.

Shahidul Islam alias Shahid, a condemned prisoner in Shazneen Tasnim Rahman rape and murder case, was hanged last night.

Bangladesh will take a big step towards becoming a nuclear power-generating country today.

For Lovely Yasmin and her family, the long days when her husband was effectively unemployed were difficult. At times, it was a question

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to Dhaka University Prof Asif Nazrul in two separate cases filed in Madaripur recently over a Facebook post.

The army is unlikely to get back the power to arrest anyone for violating electoral laws on the polling day.

Amid allegations that schools charge SSC examinees more than the board-stipulated fees for signing up for the public tests, the High Court yesterday questioned the legality of extra fees taken by Gazipur School and College in Habiganj.

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq, undergoing treatment in a London hospital since August, has been taken back to the intensive care unit.

Picasso, Dali, Miro, Chagall... names that are instantly recognisable in the international art world. Now works by these masters are being exhibited in Baghdad thanks to an anonymous Iraqi collector.

Nearly six percent of new cancers diagnosed worldwide in 2012 -- some 800,000 cases -- were caused by diabetes and excess weight, according to a study published yesterday.

Turkey yesterday issued arrest warrants for two men accused of handing Washington fabricated reports and stealing documents in a case against a top Turkish banker suspected of violating US sanctions on Iran, local media reported.