A Cumilla court today sent a teenager to jail for allegedly raping a schoolgirl after kidnapping her in the district’s Brahmanpara upazila.

Police have recovered the body of a teen domestic help from the residence of Inspector Ashikuzzaman, in-charge of Kolatia Police Outpost in Keraniganj.

Emirates Airways has received the Apex 2021 five-star global official airline ratings, based on feedback from passengers independently collected by Apex.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury and four others have been sued over the death of a pregnant woman at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital.

Laxmipur-2 Independent MP Mohammad Shahid Islam Papul and his family earned over Tk 355 crore from transactions with over 500 bank accounts, including FDRs, which was made primarily through human trafficking in the last five years.

Miscreants tore some banners with photos of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari early today.

Detectives claimed to have arrested the mastermind of a mugging gang which targeted people in auto-rickshaws and posed as co-passengers on different city streets.

Rights groups have called for an investigation into the death of Karima Baloch, a Pakistani activist living in exile in Toronto, Canada.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today approved the charge sheet against GK Shamim and his mother Ayesha Akter for acquiring illegal assets worth near Tk 300 crore.

Toxic air killed more people in India in 2019 than in 2017, The Lancet said in a report shared by the government on Tuesday, with 1.67 million deaths accounting for 18% of all fatalities.

The chairman of Chengthihajradanga union parishad in Panchagarh's Debiganj upazila and his son were sent to jail today in a case filed over beating a member of the parishad.

The process of releasing incarcerated photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol is underway.

Hundreds of foreigners in France whose jobs expose them to high Covid-19 risks will be naturalised quickly for their commitment during the health crisis, the interior ministry said Tuesday.

The Indian government today appealed to farmers to hold further talks to break a nearly month-long deadlock over their demand for the repeal of agricultural reform laws, but farmers’ leaders declined to relent unless these laws are withdrawn.

Detectives claimed to have arrested five members of a fraud gang from Dhaka’s Kamalapur area on charge of deceiving people, luring them with jobs.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed authorities concerned to ensure employees who don’t stay at government quarters do not get any rent allowance.

The country’s lowest temperature, 7.1 degrees Celsius, was recorded at Tetulia of Panchagarh today, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

The High Court today directed police to take legal action against an informant of a ‘false’ murder case filed in Patuakhali.

At least 20 passengers arriving in Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai airports in India from the UK, where a new coronavirus strain has sparked alarm, tested positive for Covid-19 between Sunday and Tuesday, officials have said.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today approved a project worth Tk 1,882.59 crore to ensure water supply and sanitation to rural areas.