Against the backdrop of increasing rape cases in the country, the government is going to amend the law so that the highest punishment for rape is death penalty and not just life imprisonment.

The government has suspended licenses of 204 recruiting agents in 2020 due to allegations of irregularities and corruption, a parliamentary body was informed today.

When protests are raging across the country against the gang-rape in Noakhali, a five-year-old was raped in the same district last night.

New Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami, has come to Bangladesh with a mandate of nurturing the Bangladesh-India relationship that he said is “beyond strategic partnership”.

National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended duty and tax-free benefit for import of raw materials for personal protective equipment (PPE), face masks and disinfectants until December 31 this year to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.

The government has initiated a plan to construct a hundred-kilometre long marine drive, connecting the two coastal districts of Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar, in a bid to woo foreign investment and tourists.

Bangladesh Army got its first female Brigadier General -- Nazma Begum -- from medical administration (non-specialist).

A legal notice has been served to authorities concerned seeking reconsideration of the education ministry’s decision to publish results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) based on the results of JSC and SSC.

American poet Louise Gluck won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature for works exploring family and childhood in an "unmistakable...voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal", the Swedish Academy has said.

AM Amin Uddin, a senior advocate at the Supreme Court and also president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, has been appointed attorney general of Bangladesh.

The United Kingdom has appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s enduring leadership in tackling climate change -- both domestically and on the international stage.

Senior Judicial Magistrate of Faridpur Md Mainul Islam has apologised unconditionally to the High Court for not properly following relevant rules in recording confessional statements from three accused in school student Antor murder case

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today said strict laws should be enacted and enforced as well as exemplary punishment of rapists should be ensured as soon as possible.

US Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris are set to hit the campaign trail in two battleground states a day after a sedate debate marked by disagreements over the administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

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British Airways’ last jumbo jets bade farewell to London today but cloud and driving rain prevented a rare synchronised dual take off for the “Queen of the Skies” which brought long-haul flights to the masses.

A Dhaka court today rejected the bail petition of JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd’s Chairman Md Abdur Razzak in a case filed on charge of supplying fake N95 masks to the Central Medical Store Depot (CMSD).

Police arrested an Ansar member and two others over a fake job appointment letter from Dhaka Medical College Hospital premises today.

State Minister for ICT Junaid Ahmed Palak has said 'Cyber Security Help Desk' is being set up to provide technical and legal assistance for hacked Facebook accounts.

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned of the government to take necessary steps making sure movement of people and public transport is not affected during the truck and covered van strike on October 12 and 13.