Police today arrested seven people on charges of gang-raping a woman in Gazipur’s Kapasia upazila.

With Dhaka University deciding to hold final-year exams for honours and master's programmes from December 26 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the clamour for reopening the dormitories has been growing in the wake of the university authorities ruling out such a move.

The ongoing closure of all educational institutions in the country have been extended again, this time till January 16, 2021. However, Qawmi Madrasa will be exempt from this directive.

Miscreants in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia have vandalised the sculpture of revolutionary freedom fighter against British rule in India, Jatindranath Mukherjee, popularly known as Bagha Jatin.

Migrant workers have sent over $3 billion in remittance in first five months of the current fiscal year than what they had sent at the same time in last FY, Expatriates' Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad said today.

At least 20 people were injured when supporters of two mayoral candidates for upcoming Kuakata municipality election clashed in Melapara area yesterday.

Enlisted 336 rice mills in Nilphamari did not supply rice to the government depot during the last boro procurement drive from May 7 to August 31, violating written agreement with the district food department.

An environment-friendly pest control method called ‘perching’ is gradually gaining popularity among farmers, who are finding the method suitable especially for rice fields.

A mobile court at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport fined Etihad Airways Tk two lakh for carrying an identified Covid-19 positive passenger.

The government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to 11 districts, including Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar.

Six people, including three engineers, have been sued for supplying low quality elevators to the building of the Dhaka Bar Association (DBA).

Followers of late Shah Ahmad Shafi and former leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam alleged that Hefajat’s present Amir Junayed Babungari was responsible for the 2013 incident at Shapla Chattar in Dhaka.

The history of human beings is one driven by collective interest, not by personal interest. Economists made us believe that we are driven only by personal interest, and act accordingly through profit maximisation. It is time to restore our core identity by making businesses serve society’s needs first and foremost; profit cannot come at the expense of human well-being, and life.

Peruvian national police committed "multiple abuses" against mostly peaceful demonstrators in November as they protested "the very questionable removal" of then-President Martin Vizcarra, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses the need for the early signing of an interim agreement with India for sharing the water of river Teesta, as agreed upon by both governments in 2011.

The High Court today cleared the way for the lower court to resume trial proceedings of a case filed under the explosive and substances act over the attack on motorcade of the then opposition leader and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira in 2002.

Anti-Corruption Commission today pressed charges against expelled Jubo League leader Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan in a case filed for amassing Tk 5.58 crore illegally.

The government is going to decide on the use of money from foreign exchange reserves in government projects, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today conveyed interest in joining the under-construction India-Myanmar-Thailand highway.

The office of Inspector General of Prisons today submitted a report to the High Court, saying that there are a total of 112 physicians providing treatment to 86,998 prisoners at 68 prisons across the country.