Locals in Cox’s Bazar have staged demonstration in protest of the murder of a local singer and demanded arrest and punishment of the culprits behind the incident.

The two cases filed in connection with the torture and the gang-rape of a woman in Begumgunj upazila of Noakhali have been transferred to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) for further enquiry.

A Japanese theme park took the wraps off what it calls the world’s first “life-size” statue of Godzilla to be installed permanently.

At least two thousand Rohingya refugees have been forced to flee their shelters to other camps since violence broke out between two rival factions seeking to control the illicit trade of contraband drugs inside the camps. On 7 October, around a dozen shelters in Kutupalong refugee camp were burned to the ground.

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

The United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), wins the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas.

Police have arrested five people on charges of gang-raping a housewife and held another man for raping three children in two separate incidents in Savar’s Ashulia.

China has joined a global scheme for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccine backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), it said on Friday, giving a major boost to an initiative shunned by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Four children from Bakerganj in Barishal, who were arrested in a rape case, have been handed over to their parents early today after they were released from Jashore Children Development Centre in line with a High Court directive issued last night.

Mystery shrouds the death of a housewife in a house in Dhaka’s Nikunja area this morning.

A police constable has been arrested in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat on charges of killing his wife.

The Reserve Bank of India today said that the country’s real GDP would contract by 9.5 percent in the 2020-21 financial year, and decided to keep benchmark interest rate unchanged at four percent.

US President Donald Trump's physician said on Thursday that the president had completed his course of therapy for the coronavirus, had remained stable since returning to the White House, and could return to public engagements on Saturday.

The High Court has asked Inspector Mohammad Shafiullah of Turag Police Station to appear before it on October 29 to explain why 219 returnees from three Gulf states were detained under Section 54.

Two High Court judges operated a bench last night and directed the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal of Barishal to instantly grant bail to four children sent to a child development center in connection with a case filed over raping a six-year old in Bakerganj.

Thailand hopes to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Bangladesh soon, outgoing Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Arunrung Phothong Humphreys has said.

A female student of Dhaka University goes on a hunger strike until death demanding the arrest of former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and five others in connection with a rape case.

A case was filed against Ujala Paints on allegations of evading Value Added Tax (VAT) and Supplementary Duty (SD) collected from customers on sales of paints and related products.

Despite the impact of coronavirus pandemic on various sectors of the economy, the country’s foreign exchange reserves have hit a new high -- over $40 billion.

Bangladesh’s food security has been ensured due to timely decision making by the government, agriculture minister Abdur Razzaque said today.