Police have rescued a 19-year-old while she was being sold to a brothel in Mongla upazila in Bagerhat after gang-rape.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said a communal force is creating unwanted debate over the establishment of sculptures of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Police arrested a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League last night in a case filed for allegedly raping a tenth grader in Raipura upazila of Narsigndi.

Four people were killed and at least 20 injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj this morning.

The body of a newborn was found in a septic tank early today, 38 hours after the parents said that their 15-day-old had gone missing from their home in Sadar upazila of Satkhira.

Students of Rajshahi's Shah Makhdum Medical College have been protesting an attack on their fellows on the campus yesterday by the college's managerial staff.

Rima Sultana Rimu, one of the two Bangladeshi women named in the list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2020 revealed by the BBC, is a local role model.

Hundreds of Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and activists took to the streets in Chattogram to prevent Hefajat leader Mamunul Haque from attending an event in Hathazari in the evening today.

Two motorcyclists were killed after a covered van hit their motorbike on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla’s Chandina upazila this afternoon.

The health authorities recorded 18 new dengue cases in 24 hours until this morning.

Around one hundred Bangladeshi citizens including some cancer patients returning from India have been stuck at Benapole International check-post as they do not have Covid-19 negative certificates.

Detective Branch of police arrested two alleged members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Bogura earlier today.

The leaders and activists of Chattogram City, north and south district units of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) will take up position in different thoroughfares in the port city and Hathazari upazila today afternoon to resist Mamunul Haque, who is scheduled to attend a Tafsirul Quran Mahfil in the upazila after Jumma Prayers today.

The 39th span of the Padma bridge was installed today, making a 5.85km stretch of the main structure visible.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed their profound shock and sorrow at the death of Ekushey Padak-winning cultural personality and popular television actor Aly Zaker.

BNP Vice Chairman Barkatullah Bulu and members of his family were hospitalised after testing positive for coronavirus infection.

Eleven Bangladeshi universities have made the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) list of best universities in Asia.

A drug addict youth killed his minor son allegedly over a family feud for money in Phulbari upazila of the district yesterday.

Rising prices and scanty supply of triple superphosphate (TSP) fertiliser are worrying farmers in Lalmonirhat.

A few days back, on a sunny November morning, I went to Tingaon village in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila.