A tribute book written on former Indian president and a true friend of Bangladesh Pranab Mukherjee, highlighting his life and contribution, was published through a webinar in Dhaka yesterday.

The main opposition party in parliament, Jatiya Party, has picked Mohammad Nasir Uddin Sarkar to contest the Dhaka-18 by-polls.

The main opposition party in parliament, Jatiya Party, has picked Mohammad Nasir Uddin Sarkar to contest at Dhaka-18 by-polls.

Rapid Action Battalion arrested three members of a “juvenile gang” from Savar early today for allegedly abducting a teenage boy.

BNP yesterday announced SM Jahangir as its candidate for Dhaka-18 by-elections, and Selim Reza for Sirajganj-1 by-polls.

The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) has asked all government college teachers and students to refrain from making and sharing posts, uploading photos, audios and videos on social media sites that might tarnish the image of the government or the nation.

Mystery shrouds the death of a woman, who was found hanging in a house in Dhaka’s Nikunja area yesterday morning.

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

Idol artisans in Barishal are not getting expected price ahead of Durga Puja amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In far north Queensland, Australia, there is a rainforest called Wet Tropics. Meandering through this forest is the Daintree River. Two years ago, I was on a boat on the Daintree with several others, looking for birds the area is famous for.

A 22-year-old housewife has been gang-raped by around eight to ten people, most of them CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers in Chandgaon area of Chattogram city. Police have arrested eight people in a case filed in this connection.

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.

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

It’s not a regular restaurant. You won’t see the usual imagery of a shabby hotel here. No waiters running around like shuttle trains, no customers haggling with cash counter supervisors over a bill. It’s so different in fact, that it doesn’t even run on monetary exchange!

A woman can’t really walk through the city streets alone without feeling that uneasy need to look over the shoulder. Bangladesh saw an increase in rape by 19 percent from 2018 to 2019. This year seems to be competing with incidents of sexual assault, kidnapping and violence against women and children. Following are a list of personal safety apps that that are a no-brainer for women that need to increase their chances of safety while travelling.

Three years have passed since BCL leader of Chattogram city unit Sudipto Biswas was brutally killed, his family still awaits justice.

The Supreme Court yesterday modified its verdict in the sensational Gopal Krishna Muhuri murder case of Chattogram.

Around 50 percent of irregularities at the Supreme Court will be reduced if cases are filed centrally, said Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Wednesday.

Two persons died in separate accidents in Dhaka early yesterday, while two more lives were lost on the road in Khulna.

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday said strict laws have to be enacted and enforced as well as exemplary punishment for rapists must be ensured as soon as possible.