A girl last night filed a case against two youths on charge of rape and abetting rape, after promising of marriage, in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh area.

Language movement veteran Professor Dr Mirza Mazharul Islam died at a hospital in Dhaka this morning. He was 96.

The Supreme Court today said Md Eunus Ali Akond, a lawyer, is a habitual contemnor and he should go on retirement.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today again directed not to spend a single paisa unnecessarily where expenditure of public money is involved as she fears a second wave of Covid-19 might hit in the coming days.

Police have arrested a man for allegedly raping his 12-year-old speech-impaired niece in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria.

Three days after the appointment of AM Amin Uddin as attorney general of the state, two additional attorney generals --Murad Reza and Momtaz Uddin Fakir -- resigned from their posts today.

Amid countrywide protests over the growing incidents of rape and violence against women, actor Ananta Jalil has blamed “revealing dresses” worn by women for inviting “unwanted sexual advances”.

Tens of thousands of Israelis calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign demonstrated across the country Saturday evening, saying he is unfit to rule while on trial for corruption charges and accusing him of mismanaging the nation’s coronavirus crisis.

Rab arrested a youth from Dhaka’s Khilkhet area on charge of making provocative posts on Facebook, against anti-rape protests and inciting rape incidents.

Energy experts at a webinar on Power System Master Plan advised the government to lay more emphasis on the development of renewable energy and revise the current master plan in an integrated manner, keeping all options open for primary energy sources.

Police arrested a man on charges of raping an indigenous physically-challenged woman in Kaptai upazila of Rangamati yesterday.

African countries will need $1.2 trillion through 2023 to repair the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Friday.

A man was shot dead in Kaptai area of Rangamati this morning.

The 32nd span of the Padma Bridge was installed today, bringing a total of 4,800 metres of the structure into view.

Brazil’s count of Covid-19 deaths surpassed 150,000 on Saturday night, despite signs the pandemic is slowly retreating in Latin America's largest nation.

At least three passengers were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a train at Fatehpur Bridge Rail Crossing in Feni early this morning.

US President Donald Trump appeared back to his old self on Saturday as he addressed supporters at the White House in his first public event since being diagnosed with COVID-19 and his doctor said he was no longer a transmission risk.

The journey of social media started with a user base of MySpace in only 2004 and presently about half of the world population are connected to social media platforms, be it through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and so on. Probably, no one could see it coming at this magnitude. All types of media, including mainstream, digital and social have gradually been plunged into a crisis in phases.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of swiftly and seriously violating the terms of a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, raising questions about how meaningful the truce, brokered by Russia, would turn out to be.

Though the number of launch capsizes has decreased, accidents still take place on inland waterways round the year and deaths of people continue, said a report of two non-government organisations today.