A case was filed today in connection with the death -- allegedly in police custody -- of Rayhan Ahmed at Bandarbazar Police Outpost in Sylhet city early Sunday.

Expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman have been sentenced to 27 years’ rigorous imprisonment in an arms case.

The cabinet today approved the draft of the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Bill, incorporating the provision of capital punishment for rape amid countrywide protests against violence against women.

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion has fined Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI) Ltd Tk 1 crore for using harmful methanol in its Savlon-branded hand sanitiser.

The depression over the East central and adjoining West central Bay of Bengal has moved west-northwestwards and now lies over the same area, and there are chances it may turn into a deep depression.

Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka, Vikram Doraiswami, says that he is hopeful about resuming air operation between India and Bangladesh "very quickly."

Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Atiqul Islam and his wife Dr Shayla Shagufta Islam have been infected with Covid-19, according to a press release.

Police recover the body of an unidentified man from the waters of Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area.

The Supreme Court today barred Md Eunus Ali Akond from practicing law -- before both its Appellate and High Court divisions -- for three months over contempt of court by posting three derogatory comments about the judiciary on his Facebook.

The virus that causes Covid-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu virus, Australian researchers say, highlighting the need for cleaning and handwashing to combat the virus.

The Managing Director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital has got bail in a case filed over using unauthorised Covid-19 test kits and forging Covid-19 test reports at the hospital.

Dubai airport authorities have deported 104 Bangladeshi passengers -- mostly migrant workers -- on October 11 as Flydubai, a government-owned budget airline, carried them to UAE without following the country’s immigration policy.

Police have detained a 50-year-old man for allegedly trying to rape a five-year old girl in Rangpur city’s Nilkantha area.

A journalist of a local newspaper has been hacked to death in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.

A Teknaf court has sent a man to jail over a case filed against him for attempting to rape his 16-year-old daughter.

A female NGO worker has allegedly been gang-raped at her Maitkumra house at Fakirhat of Bagerhat district.

Youths from different parts of the country, including around 50 girls, have demanded action against all sorts of discrimination, violence, lack of opportunities and violation of rights of girls and young women.

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is fully recovered from Covid-19 and will not be a transmission risk to others, freeing him to return to holding big campaign rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House.

Two more accused, including the prime accused, in the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali gave confessional statements before a court today.

The mysterious death of a 33-year-old man, allegedly in police custody in Sylhet city, sparks a protest.