A 14-year-old child bride in Tangail’s Basail upazila has died just at the “right time”. I say right time because her death, coming as it did against the backdrop of the call for reforms in rape laws, shows exactly how outdated, discriminatory and futile our laws currently are. In the coming days, unless we have something even more horrific, I assume she will be the subject of multiple op-eds like mine. That is “lucky” considering how most rape victims barely get assigned a number in the news cycle.

Turkey wants enhanced trade relations with Bangladesh to substantially increase bilateral trade volume between the two countries, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said today.

A Covid-19 vaccine could be rolled out in Britain for some people before Christmas but an early 2021 launch is more likely, the woman responsible for procuring possible jabs in Britain said on Wednesday.

Unidentified criminals allegedly shot an Italy returnee and grabbed Tk 5.70 lakh from him in broad daylight in Savar’s Vakurta area, adjacent to a police check post, this morning.

Coffee business owner Darren Silverman pulled his van over and wept when he heard on the radio that Melbourne’s pandemic lockdown would be largely lifted on Wednesday after 111 days.

Renowned singer-songwriter Shayan Chowdhury Arnob got married to singer Sunidhi Nayak today at the bride's residence in Asanol, India.

Twenty-three people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A Cox's Bazar court today placed suspended Teknaf OC Pradeep Kumar Das’s associate Constable Rubel Sharma on a five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan.

As per latest update, Bharti Airtel today said traffic interruption in internet usage in some parts of Bangladesh will start past midnight on October 30 which will continue for four days as cable diversion activity of i2i is expected to start tentatively from that time.

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale has pressed Myanmar to end conflicts and secure return of the Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh.

A Dhaka court today sentenced four people, including three former officials of AB Bank Ltd, to 13 years' rigorous imprisonment in absentia for misappropriating Tk 3.78 crore from the bank.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is collecting wealth information of lawmaker Haji Salim and his son Erfan Salim.

The government has reorganised the cabinet committee to finalise the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) prepared by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipokkho (RAJUK) following its detailed review.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the Bangladesh Army to be always prepared to face any threat from home and abroad -- to protect the constitution and sovereignty of the motherland.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may visit Bangladesh to attend the Mujib Borsho celebrations in March next year.

Eleven digital-only news organisations of India have united to form a body that would “represent, amplify and evolve best practices to build a robust digital news ecology that is truly world-class, independent and upholds the highest standards of journalism”.

The residents of a village in Pabna staged a demonstration yesterday demanding arrest of local Awami League leader Belal Hossain and some of his supporters for allegedly killing a father-son duo on October 14.

A Dhaka court today placed Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Salim, and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah on three-day remands each in a case filed on charges of assaulting a navy official in the capital's Dhanmondi area.

US-Bangla Airlines has started scheduled flights on Dhaka-Chennai-Dhaka, Chattogram-Chennai-Chattogram and Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka routes from today under the ‘Air Bubble Agreement’ between Bangladesh and India.

Newly-appointed Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Commissioner Nisharul Arif has said that everyone involved in the killing of Raihan Ahmed would be brought to justice.