A Khulna court today sentenced three accused to death in a murder case filed in 2015.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested a man yesterday for allegedly raping a woman in Gazipur.

In response to the relocation of hundreds of Rohingya refugees to the Bhasan Char, a remote island in the Bay of Bengal, Amnesty International’s South Asia Campaigner, Saad Hammadi, has said, “The authorities should immediately halt relocation of more refugees to Bhasan Char, return those on the island to their families and community in mainland Bangladesh, and follow due process including the full and meaningful participation of refugees in any plan for their relocation.”

Around 1,500 Rohingya refugees who want to live in Bhasan Char have left for Chattogram from Cox’s Bazar in four convoys, according to sources at law enforcement agencies.

Police today pressed charges against eight persons in the case filed over the gang-rape of a woman at Murari Chand (MC) College hostel in Sylhet on September 25.

Iran’s Guardian Council watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt UN inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal if sanctions are not eased in two months.

A garment worker suffered burn injuries as her former husband allegedly threw acid on her in Ashulia last night.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today upheld the High Court orders that granted anticipatory bail to 65 BNP leaders and activists including Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and Ishraque Hossain in seven cases filed for torching buses in Dhaka on November 12.

The Interpol global police co-ordination agency warned on Wednesday that organised criminal networks could be targeting COVID-19 vaccines, and could look to sell fake shots.

President-elect Joe Biden will not remove Christopher Wray as FBI director if he is still in the job when the Democratic president takes office, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing a senior Biden official.

More than 1,000 Chinese researchers have left the United States amid a US crackdown on alleged technology theft, top US security officials said on Wednesday, adding that Chinese agents had already been targeting the incoming Biden administration.

The US hopes to have immunized 100 million people against Covid-19 by the end of February, a top official said Wednesday, which is approximately 40 percent of the country's adult population.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a large-scale voluntary vaccination programme against Covid-19 to begin next week across Russia, saying teachers and doctors should be first in line to get the country’s flagship Sputnik V vaccine.

Swapan Gazi, a battery-run rickshaw puller, can now finally walk on both his legs after 35 years.

An office assistant of the attorney general's office has been suspended on charge of demanding bribes from a lawyer.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is going to start antigen-based rapid testing for coronavirus at nine district hospitals and one medical college from Saturday onwards.

The High Court has refused to grant bail to Motaleb Mia Wasim, an accused in the case filed in connection with the murder of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, wife of former superintendent of police (SP) of Chattogram Babul Akter.

Speakers at a webinar today said Bangladesh needs to expand its domestic car market to develop the automotive industry as the registered vehicle per capita is only 0.003 percent in the country.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on organising any assembly, rally, mass gathering, and using loudspeaker for events like these in Dhaka city without prior permission.

A man was held in connection with the rape of a seven-year-old girl in Jashore's Keshabpur upazila yesterday afternoon.