Some 4,315 women and children became victims of violence during August-September, following withdrawal of coronavirus-induced shutdown and resumption of regular activities. Of them, 99 percent were victims of domestic violence. Fifty-six percent included women abused by their husbands, and children by their parents. Other family members and in-laws were also among perpetrators.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a readymade garment factory worker in Bandarban.

A man and his father-in-law were arrested today by Rab. The duo had been “cheating patients”, pretending to be dentists.

Kyrgyzstan’s new acting president Sadyr Japarov, who came to power in a popular uprising, has said he plans to run for a full term if the country amends its constitution to allow it.

A new ceasefire in the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh appears to be in jeopardy, with ethnic Armenian forces and Azerbaijan accusing each other of renewed shelling.

More police operations are under way in connection with the killing of a French teacher by a suspected Islamist, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has said.

A Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldier was captured today by India in eastern Ladakh where the troops of the two countries are locked in a six-month-old standoff.

Twenty-one people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours with total number of deaths now standing at 5,681 and the death rate at 1.46 percent, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India has filed charge sheets against 12 people including nine Bangladeshi nationals for their alleged involvement in trafficking girls from Bangladesh to India for prostitution, an official from the agency revealed today.

The High Court today issued a rule asking the authorities concerned of the government to explain in two weeks why photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol should not be granted bail in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to Rashedul Haque Chisty, son of Farmers Bank Ltd’s former chairman of audit committee Mabubul Haque Chisty, in two graft cases.

Two women have been driven out of their houses along with their children for failing to pay dowry in Patuakhali’s Baufal and Barguna’s Amtali upazilas.

A Dhaka tribunal today took cognisance of charges against ATM Azharul Islam, an assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, and 149 others in a case filed under Explosive Substances Act.

A Bagerhat court today sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a child in Mongla upazila. The verdict was announced within seven working days of the incident.

At least 25 people, including three policemen, were injured in a clash between police and former jute mill workers on Khulna-Jashore highway today.

Thai police says they had ordered an investigation of four news outlets under emergency measures imposed last week to try to stop three months of protests against the government and monarchy.

Detective Branch of police claimed to have busted a “fake currency manufacturing mini-factory” on Nurjahan Road in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area last night.

Following a report published on The Daily Star, a Supreme Court lawyer today served a legal notice to the government to form a committee in three days to probe into negligence in renovating the two-century-old twin temples at Muktagachha in Mymensingh and to take appropriate action against the officials responsible for the negligence.

Sixteen people were killed when a passenger bus was forced off the road by a landslide in a mountainous area of northern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said.

Smartphone manufacturer realme have brought what they claim to be the fastest charging smartphone in the market – realme 7 Pro – to Bangladesh. The device blurs the line between flagships and mid-rangers and gives more priority to the user experience.