Police have arrested an 85-year-old man in a case filed against him for raping a 12-year-old special needs child in Rangamati’s Naniarchar upazila.

Three more prosecution witnesses, including a police sub-inspector, today gave their depositions before a Dhaka tribunal in connection with a case filed over the rape of a DU student in the city's Kurmitola area.

At least nine idols of Hindu goddess Durga have been vandalised at a village temple in Patuakhali’s Baufal upazila.

Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.

The High Court today questioned Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority's (Wasa) decision of hiking the water price by 25 percent since April 1 of this year.

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

The lone Bangladeshi coronavirus vaccine developer Globe Biotech Ltd said their coronavirus vaccine --named BANCOVID-- has shown high efficacy in pre-clinical trial on mice.

A man has been arrested for raping a woman in Savar, on the outskirts area of Dhaka, police said today.

The trial of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad’s murder case against 25 accused began at a Dhaka tribunal today, with the deposition of the complainant.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the World Children’s Day and Child Rights Week-2020, aimed at raising awareness of the rights and needs of the children.

A couple was found dead at their house in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga yesterday.

Protesting the rape incident in Noakhali's Begumganj, different groups of people staged a demonstration in the Shahbagh area of Dhaka and demanded resignation of the home minister for his failure to stop rape and oppression against women.

Earnings from the merchandise export grew by 3.53 percent year-on-year in September to $3.01 billion on high shipment of garment items, according to the data released by Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) yesterday.

US President Donald Trump briefly left the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19 in a motorcade on Sunday to wave to supporters gathered outside, sparking criticism that he was putting others at risk for a political stunt.

Law enforcers have arrested four people, including the main accused, over the incident of gang-rape and torture of a woman in Noakhali that sparked outrage after a recorded video of the incident was released on social media.

The High Court has cancelled the bail of seven accused in a double murder case in Khulna after finding that they had earlier secured bail from the court by submitting forged documents.

Hathazari upazila administration in Chattogram has destroyed a dredger which was being used for lifting sand at the remote Kanchpur area.

A disturbing video of a woman being stripped and beaten up by a group of men went viral on social media tonight, triggering outrage among netizens and leading to the arrest of one of the men involved.

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has lifted coronavirus-induced restrictions for Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines so that they are able to carry passengers on every seat when operating flights to different destinations in Saudi Arabia.

A Dhaka court has observed that arrest warrants are not needed for cases filed over cognisable offences after a petition was filed before it by a Dhaka University student seeking warrants for former Ducu-VP Nurul Haque Nur and five others in a case filed under the Women and Children Repression and Prevention Act.