They used to lure young girls -- mostly between 18 and 20 -- with promises of better jobs in Dubai.

Child marriages have increased sharply in the country with 462 girls falling victim in June during the coronavirus pandemic, Manusher Jonno Foundation said today in its monthly telephonic survey report.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says people are astonished at the fraudulence of two hospitals in coronavirus sample testing.

The lower courts across the country dispose of total 1,07,037 bail petitions and grant bail to a total of 54,677 people, including 651 children, accused of criminal charges through virtual process in last 40 days -- from May 11 to July 9.

Forty-seven people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said during a briefing.

The flood situation in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram has deteriorated as the Brahmaputra, Teesta and Dharla rivers are all flowing above danger levels.

Senior career diplomat Vikram Doraiswami is likely to be India’s new High Commissioner to Bangladesh, succeeding Riva Ganguly Das.

A Rohingya man, allegedly involved in yaba smuggling, was killed in a reported gunfight with paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Cox’s Bazar early today.

The Supreme Court (SC) has asked all Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunals, Chief Judicial Magistrates and Chief Metropolitan Magistrates across the country to receive filing of complaint cases.

The bridge on the Dhaleswari river at Charabari in Tangail Sadar upazila lies in a vulnerable condition as earth got displaced from one of its approach roads due to heavy rain for the last few days and increasing current on the river.

Shawkat Ali had been doing good business selling fresh plum, widely known as aloo Bukhara, grown in his nursery in Muktagachha upazila since 2013.

Her only ‘crime’ was her dark complexion. It led to her divorce only 34 days after marriage and during that short period her in-laws even tried to kill her.

Major General Sheikh Mazen Al Jarrah, the assistant under-secretary to Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior, has been detained for allegedly taking bribes from Bangladeshi lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam, Gulf News reports citing Kuwait-based daily Al Qabas.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in a letter says it took the initiative to sign the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Regent Hospital after being directed by high officials of health ministry.

At least 275 out of 456 local newspapers (60.31%) -- published from the different upazilas, districts and divisional cities across the country -- have shut down completely amid the fallout from Covid-19 pandemic.

Residential hotels, motels, cottages, restaurants and tourist spots in Cox's Bazar, the country's main tourist destination, will remain closed before Eid-ul-Azha.

A housewife is reportedly gang-raped by four youths in Mugrakanda area of Savar, on the outskirt of the capital Dhaka.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda today said by-elections have to be held due to constitutional obligation.

Twenty-one civil society organisations working on migration and development expressed deep concern over the Malaysian government’s “harassment of journalists and migrant workers”.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested the print and electronic media in Bangladesh not to publish news that may impact the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Italy.