The High Court has confirmed the death penalty for five operatives of banned outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for killing a public prosecutor of Jhalakati, Advocate Haider Hossain, in 2007.

Two alleged robbers, including a Rohingya, have been killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in Cox’s Bazar and Cumilla.

Joaquin Phoenix won his first Oscar on Sunday for his terrifying performance as an isolated loner who becomes one of the world's best known comic book villains in "Joker," and invoked his late brother River Phoenix in one of the most emotional acceptance speeches of the night.

Renee Zellweger was crowned best actress at the Oscars on Sunday for her portrait of Hollywood legend Judy Garland in "Judy," a biographical drama exploring the singer's personal and professional turmoil at the end of her life.

Police arrest three people in connection with gangraping two adolescent girls in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area.

A four-day downpour across Australia’s east coast has brought relief after months of devastating bushfires and years of drought, but also widespread storm damage and forecasts of more wild weather to come.

“Parasite” is the first non-English language film to win best picture in the 92-year history of the Academy Awards.

Mainland China has reported another rise in cases of the new virus after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grow by 97 to 908, with at least two more outside the country.

A Bangladeshi worker and a 71-year-old grandfather are among three new coronavirus cases confirmed in Singapore, says the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Singapore.

A photo of an elderly man standing in front of a stall at Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela 2020 goes viral on social media, with discussion on him being in full swing among book lovers.

A union parishad (UP) chairman and a union member have been suspended for faking birth certificates and giving those to Rohingyas.

Three suspended policemen plead not guilty before a Dhaka court as it reads out the charges in a case filed for the death of Ishtiaque Ahmed Jonny in police custody in 2014.

Eight people are arrested in connection with two separate gangrape incidents in Bhola and Narayanganj.

The headmaster of Joari High School in Natore’s Baraigram upazila allegedly cuts the hair of 22 students, leading to angry guardians, locals and the students confining him to the school for about four hours.

The government has taken measures to ensure navigability in 10,000 kilometres of river routes through dredging 178 rivers, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury tells parliament.

The High Court directed Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to settle within 15 days the application filed by 62 families challenging BIWTA's action for establishing pillars in the families' land adjacent to the bank of Turag river in Savar.

Grandson of Bangabandhu, Radwan Mujib Siddiq, visits an exhibition ‘Lighting the fire of freedom -- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’ at the Dhaka Art Summit 2020 being held in the capital.

The death toll from the novel coronavirus surged past 800 in mainland China today, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, even as the World Health Organization said the outbreak appeared to be "stabilising".

Police recover an Ak-22 rifle and ammunition from the residence of a former activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Chattogram city today, a day after his arrest in Dhaka.

A headmaster of a school in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba upazila along with nine SSC examinees are beaten up by unidentified youths for allegedly not cooperating with the culprits in cheating at an examination centre.