The High Court today directed the Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal of Dinajpur to finish the trial proceedings of the case filed for the abduction and rape of a five-year-old child in 2016 and to submit a compliance report to this court by March 31 next year.

Following the vandalising incident of an under-constitution sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Kushtia, a Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court -- seeking its directives on the government to protect and preserve all sculptures, including those of the Father of the Nation, across the country.

Rail communication of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chattogram has been suspended following a train derailment in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila.

Body of a 10-year-old madrasa student was recovered from Bagerhat’s Morrelganj upazila this morning.

A Dhaka court today set January 13 to submit a probe report in the case filed over Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016.

A member of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti (MN Larma) was gunned down by unknown miscreants at Pakujjechhari village under Rupokari union of Baghaichari upazila in Rangmati early today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said stronger regional and international cooperation is necessary in the coming days for mitigating the impact of Covid-19 pandemic and for the rebuilding phase.

The northern border district Lalmonirhat was freed from Pakistan army on this day in 1971.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today denied bail to two convicts -- former deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Khan Sayeed Hasan and former deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Obaidur Rahman Khan -- in August 21 grenade attack cases.

Three men riding a motorcycle died early today at Duaria in Lalpur upazila of Natore.

Police arrested four people in connection with damaging the under-construction sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Panch Rasta intersection in Kushtia town on Friday night.

Ferry services on the key Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Banglabazar routes remain suspended since this morning due to dense fog.

Although Aman cultivation in Pirojpur has been delayed this year due to prolonged floods during the peak season of plantation, farmers and agriculture officials are expecting good yield as the district sees profuse flowering of the paddy plants.

Several farmers in flood-prone areas of Netrakona’s Barhatta upazila -- an area dotted with wetlands or haors -- are delighted to find the sweeter side of a local sour fruit that is locally known as ‘chukai’.

The news on rape of a 14-year-old intellectually impaired girl at a disaster shelter, in Pachgachhi union of Kurigram Sadar upazila in 2018, did not make it to the headlines of major newspapers or outlets, but it offers a glimpse of the vulnerabilities women and girls face during natural disasters.

Experts at a webinar in the city today said the power utilities in Bangladesh are yet to earn the confidence of industrial consumers in terms of reliability of electricity supply.

UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Mia Seppo today said the UN and its all the agencies recognise the enormous investment that the government of Bangladesh has made in building Bhasan Char for Rohingya relocation.

State Minister for Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan today assured to bring an end to the ongoing debate centring construction of Bangabandhu's sculpture within a week.

A section of Qawmi madrasa based clerics has given a proposal to the government to construct ‘minar’ (tower) -- instead of sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- inscribed with the 99 names of Allah.

Upon a High Court order, the authorities of Rajshahi Central Jail arranged the wedding of a rapist and his victim at the jail gate today.