After months of stalling, the Bus Route Rationalisation (BRR) committee -- formed to bring discipline to Dhaka’s chaotic bus operations -- is set to sit next week, to set up the first of the six proposed routes stretching from Ghatar Char in Basila to Narayanganj.

Indian High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami, has visited Tripura and a number of connectivity projects between India and Bangladesh before his scheduled arrival to Dhaka today.

Incidents of rape have been making headlines on a daily basis for quite a long time now. An alarming increase in the number of this gruesome sexual violence, now requires us to revisit the rape laws in play in Bangladesh and review the entire criminal justice system in this regard as well.

Cultural activists of Barishal yesterday organised a human chain and rally to protest irregularities in construction of the divisional Shilpakala Academy. They demanded immediate handover of the building.

Today is the 32nd death anniversary of MA Rashid, a former secretary, says a press release.

Two people were killed and at least five injured yesterday after a car and bus collided head-on in Habiganj’s ​​Bahubal upazila.

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.

Police have arrested an office assistant of Rajshahi City Corporation in connection with a case filed against him for raping a college student.

Voicing displeasure over the chaotic use of illegal billboards and signboards in the city, Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam today said no one will be allowed to do business without permission from the authorities concerned.

Two more accused in the case filed over the gang rape of a woman at Murari Chand (MC) College in Sylhet made confessional statements before a Sylhet court today.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will start a drive against battery-run rickshaws and rickshaw-vans from tomorrow.

In a rare move, two High Court judges have operated a bench last night and directed Dhanmondi Police Station to immediately take necessary steps so that two minor grandchildren of former attorney general KS Nabi can enter and live in his (KS Nabi) Dhanmondi residence.

A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced two domestic aides to death in a case filed against them for killing former principal of Eden Mohila College Mahfuza Chowdhury Parvin in February last year.

A Dhaka court has fixed October 27 for delivering judgment in a case filed against five members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) over the murder of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu in 2015.

A house help died after she fell from the rooftop of a building in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area this morning.

Nine survivors of the gruesome Mizdah attack in May were among 164 Bangladeshis who were repatriated in a chartered flight from war-torn Libya this week, International Organisation for Migration said yesterday.

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday alleged that people are getting scared of politics due to “wrongdoings” and “spiting venom” by the government in the name of politics.

When 32-year-old Shabib Rahman (not his real name) got married in 2015, it came as a relief for him. From cleaning his room to arranging daily meals, everyday things he had to do for his six years of living alone in Dhaka he was now relieved of.

Before Pradeep Gregory, a priest in Rajshahi, was arrested on rape charges, religious and community leaders tried to settle the matter in an arbitration, promising to take responsibility of the girl and her family members in exchange for their silence.

When the coronavirus pandemic hit Bangladesh early in March, most industries got up and on their toes. Fearing bankruptcy, they scratched their heads and looked for a way out.