Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday underscored the need for cooperation, and proper legal, social and economic strategies to combat human trafficking

Following the government’s decision to incorporate the provision of capital punishment for rape in the draft of the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Bill, anti-rape protesters have termed it an “irresponsible decision” to suppress the ongoing anti-rape movement and vowed to continue their activities.

Appreciating the government for introducing capital punishment for rape, Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday said special attention is needed to check the abuse of the new law.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has been appointed Chair of the Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana, which works for settlement of Guyana-Venezuela territorial dispute.

The brand KC donated high-tech air-disinfecting equipment to Kurmitola General Hospital on Sunday, says a press release.

The Supreme Court on Monday expunged some observations made by a High Court bench regarding the judges of the then First Court of Settlement of Dhaka and corruption in a verdict on a land-property related case.

A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his three sons in Dhaka’s Bosila area this afternoon.

The investigation of the case filed in connection with the incident where a man was allegedly tortured to death on Sunday night in Sylhet city's Bandarbazar police outpost, has been transferred to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI).

The youth, whose body was recovered from Hatirjheel area yesterday, was a private university student. He arrived in Dhaka from Chattogram for a job interview.

Police recovered the body of a young man from a sand trading point in Dhaka's Khilkhet area early today.

A 70-year-old man was killed after a bus hit him at Dhaka's Kuril Bishwa Road area early this morning.

A man was arrested on charges of raping two minors -- sisters -- in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj yesterday, police said.

At least two people, including an accused in BCL leader Sudipto Biswas murder case, were injured in a scuffle in front of a Chattogram court room yesterday.

Dubai airport authorities have deported 104 Bangladeshi passengers -- mostly migrant workers -- on October 11 as Flydubai, a government-owned budget airline, carried them to the UAE without following the country’s immigration policy.

Italy will not allow Bangladeshi citizens to enter the European country till December 31, due to “previous behaviour” and fear of a possible second wave of Covid-19, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday.

Speakers at a webinar yesterday discussed the role of media in promoting gender-responsive disaster management and resilience building, as women and girls remain invisible in disaster reporting of both electronic and print media.

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion has fined Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI) Ltd Tk 1 crore for using harmful methanol in its Savlon hand sanitiser.

Two out of four “missing” leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad were remanded yesterday in a rape case filed by a Dhaka University student.

It took only 54mm rain to turn many parts of the capital into swamps yesterday, disrupting normal life and creating a traffic chaos.

Afsar Mirza likes to cycle, a lot. He is known to take his two-wheeler out for a ride to Crescent Lake Road, adjecent to the Chandrima Uddyan, and back to his home at Asad Avenue, Mohammadpur. He says it’s the burst of sunlight and the light breeze caressing his skin while cycling past familiar roads that draws him to cycle.