Academics of Bangladesh and the US have suggested promoting women's education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), highlighting the rising demands of technology-based solutions to the problems the world faces today.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to Mohsin Talukdar in a case filed for threatening -- through Facebook live -- to kill cricketer Shakib Al Hasan in November last year.

The High Court issued a rule today asking the state to explain why the one-year prison sentence, delivered by a lower court in a corruption case, to former Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan should not be enhanced.

Police Bureau of Investigation has charged five, including a police official, in a case filed over gang-rape of a school student in Rangpur.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina -- while speaking virtually at the inauguration of "Maitri Setu" over Feni river today, in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- has said political boundaries should not become physical barriers to trade.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated "Maitri Setu" -- a bridge built over the Feni river -- between India and Bangladesh.

The murder accused, who fled from Chattogram Central Jail on Saturday morning, was arrested from Narsingdi district today.

An official of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) was expelled for his alleged involvement in corruption in a special project.

British-Bangladeshi Lucy Helen Francis Holt, living in Bangladesh for 60 years, has been honoured in Barishal.

A Shariatpur court today rescheduled -- for March 18 -- the delivery of verdict of a murder case filed 19 years ago, over the deaths of Public Prosecutor Habibur Rahman and his brother.

A Malaysian court on Tuesday granted international human rights groups permission to challenge the recent deportation of Myanmar nationals, a major step in a country where the law bars immigration decisions from being questioned in court.

Rab arrested a bus driver and his assistant on charge of pushing a woman with speech impairment off a running bus in Rohitpur Bazar of Keraniganj yesterday.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is expanding her partnership with Apple Inc to produce dramas, children’s series, animation and documentaries that will air on the tech giant’s streaming service, the two said on Monday.

People who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can meet without masks indoors in small groups with others who have been inoculated but should avoid non-essential travel and continue to wear face-coverings in public, the Biden administration said on Monday.

Preliminary studies suggest the AstraZeneca vaccine will protect against the P1 variant of the coronavirus, Mauricio Zuma, the head of production at Brazil’s Fiocruz biomedical institute said confirming a Reuters report.

Renowned film actor Shahin Alam passed away at a hospital in the capital last night.

The officer-in-charge of Baufal Police Station in Patuakhali has come under criticism after he took selfies with some of the accused in a vandalism case filed under the Speedy Trial Act during a programme inside the police station last night.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a lower court to resume trial proceedings of a 27-year old corruption case filed against Jatiya Party leader and former state minister ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader.

Thousands of people took to the streets of Myanmar’s biggest city in defiance of a night curfew, chanting in anger after security forces besieged hundreds of young anti-coup protesters in one neighbourhood.

The High Court today ordered the government to immediately take necessary steps to stop online and printed newspapers and electronic media from publishing and broadcasting the identities and photos of rape and sexual assault victims in line with the relevant law.