Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal MP Shirin Akhter in parliament demands that the government enact a new law ensuring exemplary punishment of rapist and oppressors of women and children.

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The High Court directs the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to finish the investigation into an 11-year-old corruption case against former BNP communications minister Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda in next four months.

The incident of violence against women, particularly rape, has increased significantly in the recent months comparing to that of the previous year, says a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.

Most of the areas in the port city of Chattogram go under knee-to-waist deep water due to incessant downpour since Sunday night causing immense sufferings for the city dwellers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her government’s firm stance against sexual violence including rape and called upon males of the country to be more vocal, preventing the epidemic of such incidents in the society.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says people should accept the gas price hike for the sake of the country's economic progress as the government has to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) at a higher cost.

Krishak Sramik Janata League walks out of Jatiya Oikyafront alleging that the alliance failed to wage movement against the government.

Harun Or Rashid, the prime suspect in a case filed over killing Samia Afrin Saima after rape, has confessed that he murdered the seven-year-old girl after rape so that she cannot disclose his identity.

Tarique Afzal has recently been appointed as the President and Managing Director of AB Bank.

British Airways-owner IAG is facing a record $230 million fine for the theft of data from 500,000 customers from its website last year under tough new data-protection rules policed by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina strongly criticises the US congressman for his proposal to attach Myanmar’s Rakhine State with Bangladesh to resolve the Rohingya crisis.

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A Bangladeshi national has been shot dead by allegedly members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Kiranganj border in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj.

Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) issues a statement demanding death penalty for the rapists of children by bringing them under the law at the quickest.

UK High Commissioner to Dhaka Robert Chatterton Dickson says his country is committed to providing duty-free access of Bangladeshi products.

Two people have been buried under mud following a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Kaptai upazila of Rangamati.

The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on July 17.

Untreated furnace oil has been allegedly released to a nearby water body that connects the Halda river from a power plant in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila.

The Supreme Court (SC) extends for two months its stay on a High Court order that halted Bangladesh Bank circular allowing defaulters to reschedule their loans with a repayment period of up to 10 years.