The Noakhali woman, who was gang raped and beaten up by criminals in her own home, said local drug dealer Badal had been making indecent proposals to her for a long time now.

The Supreme Court today upheld the High Court orders that stayed trial proceedings of five separate cases filed against Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus over sacking five employees of Grameen Communications.

In a bid to ensure more Bangladeshi workers can return to Saudi Arabia, Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, is likely to operate 50 to 60 flights this month from Dhaka.

Rapid Action Battalion arrested three people in connection with a gang-rape case filed with Madarganj Police Station on Sunday night.

Two persons have been arrested in a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman, a mother of five children, in Shamimabad area of Sylhet city.

A case has been filed with Kotalipara Police Station against two people on charge of raping a ninth-grader from Pinjuri union in Gopalganj’s Kotalipara upazila.

The High Court today directed the chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to immediately remove video footage of the gang rape and torture of a woman in Noakhali’s Begumganj from social media.

Police have arrested an 85-year-old man in a case filed against him for raping a 12-year-old special needs child in Rangamati’s Naniarchar upazila.

At least nine idols of Hindu goddess Durga have been vandalised at a village temple in Patuakhali’s Baufal upazila.

Twenty-seven people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The lone Bangladeshi coronavirus vaccine developer Globe Biotech Ltd said their coronavirus vaccine --named BANCOVID-- has shown high efficacy in pre-clinical trial on mice.

A man has been arrested for raping a woman in Savar, on the outskirts area of Dhaka, police said today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the World Children’s Day and Child Rights Week-2020, aimed at raising awareness of the rights and needs of the children.

A couple was found dead at their house in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga yesterday.

Protesting the rape incident in Noakhali's Begumganj, different groups of people staged a demonstration in the Shahbagh area of Dhaka and demanded resignation of the home minister for his failure to stop rape and oppression against women.

Law enforcers have arrested four people, including the main accused, over the incident of gang-rape and torture of a woman in Noakhali that sparked outrage after a recorded video of the incident was released on social media.

The High Court has cancelled the bail of seven accused in a double murder case in Khulna after finding that they had earlier secured bail from the court by submitting forged documents.

Hathazari upazila administration in Chattogram has destroyed a dredger which was being used for lifting sand at the remote Kanchpur area.

A disturbing video of a woman being stripped and beaten up by a group of men went viral on social media tonight, triggering outrage among netizens and leading to the arrest of one of the men involved.

Police recovered the body of a minor girl and an unidentified woman from different areas of Kaharol and Ghoraghat upazila of the district yesterday.