A tribunal in Narayanganj sentences life term imprisonment to four persons for raping a teenage girl in 2010.

Foreign Minister Dr AKM Abdul Momen said the present government with its sincere efforts has successfully reduced the poverty rate by 50 percent in the last 10 years.

The High Court issues a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to compensate Tk 1 crore to the family of Taslima Begum Ranu who was killed in a mob beating at Badda area in Dhaka on July 20.

A Jamaat man of Rajshahi is sentenced to death for committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

Three more people die after being diagnosed with dengue in Dhaka, Rangpur and Jhenidah districts.

Bodies of two minor boys have been found floating in a pond in Baniachang upazila of Habiganj this morning, a day after they went missing.

Around 200 people of Dalalpara and Jorapukur villages in Hatibandha upazila have been cheated in the name of getting new electricity connection.

At least five female students, from third to fifth grade, of a government primary school made allegations of sexual abuse against their headteacher in Kalapara upazila on Sunday.

Students of a high school in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila have been taking classes on the premises of a temple for the last eight months. The school in question is Bangabandhu High School, where mostly the children of indigenous tea garden workers are enrolled.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Sunday night rescued an abducted college girl from Mirzapur upazila.

A Pirojpur court yesterday sentenced seven people to life term imprisonment for killing a union parishad (UP) member in Mathbaria upazila in 2009.

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Islamic University (IU) premises on Sunday night.

Locals have demanded early action against the perpetrators involved in Sunday’s attack on a Hindu family at Thakurer Hat in Betagi Sankipur union under Dashmina upazila.

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque says the government will provide digital identity cards to the freedom fighters before the next Victory Day.

An alleged mugger has stabbed a ride-sharing biker to death and snatched away his motorcycle in Dhaka’s Malibagh area.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines apologises for the delay in bringing back a significant number of Hajjis back to the country due to a technical glitch in a flight.

A Dhaka court has asked for reports on death of former Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who was an accused in Maj Gen Abu Manzur murder case.

The 11th convocation of Rajshahi University (RU) will be held on November 30 this year.

The government has not found any “negligence” or “inaction” of Sonagazi Islamia Fazil Madrasa Governing Body Chairman PKM Enamul Karim in connection with the incident of sexual harassment and murder of its student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start its flight operation to Madina from Dhaka on October 28 this year.