The female O-level student, pronounced dead on arrival at a private hospital in the capital on Thursday, was raped and she died due to hemorrhagic shock and excessive bleeding, a forensic expert at Dhaka Medical College said yesterday.

The government has yet to resolve several key issues before rolling out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, expectedly from the second week of February.

Whenever there is an incident of rape, most people tend to say that it was the girl or woman’s fault, and question her character, social class, outfit, sexual experience, and lifestyle.

A Saudi court has rejected the bail petitions of three accused arrested in a case filed for the murder of a Bangladeshi domestic worker in Saudi Arabia two years ago.

The government yesterday approved for emergency use Covishield, the Indian version of the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday renewed her vows to fight corruption and urged people to remain vigilant against any impediment to the nation’s journey forward.

After violent pro-Trump protesters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, a growing number of Republican leaders and Cabinet officials told US news media that they believe Donald Trump should be removed from office before January 20. Four of them called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked, and two others said the president should be impeached.

Hours after hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy, a shaken Congress yesterday formally certified Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory.

A 17-year-old girl was raped and murdered at a flat in the city’s Kalabagan area yesterday, her mother has alleged.

A youth was killed during a “gunfight” between police and some people who allegedly tried to snatch an arrestee from a police vehicle at Mithapanirchara Bazar area in Teknaf Sadar upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

The younger brother of Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader continues to raise questions about the fairness of elections and some lawmakers in greater Noakhali, stirring up a debate in the country’s political arena.

A commemorative stamp is being criticised on social media for saying, “73rd founding anniversary of the East Pakistan Muslim Chhatra League”.

In a bid to boost food grain reserve, the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase yesterday approved a proposal for procuring 2.5 lakh tonnes of rice.

Dhaka and Delhi have agreed to share data of water use or withdrawal from six common rivers -- Manu, Muhuri, Khowai, Gumti, Dharla and Dudhkumar -- as both countries are working on water sharing deal.

The police headquarters has recommended taking lawful action against the arms importers who sold semi-automated Uzi pistols after importing them under the declaration of rifles.

Alamgir Hossain was fixing pieces of elastic thread to surgical masks using a heat pressing device inside a barely hundred square feet room in the Balurmath area of Kamrangirchar.

Bangladesh Police has requested Interpol to issue a red notice on Proshanta Kumar Halder, who is facing a graft case for illegally amassing wealth and has allegedly laundered over Tk 10,000 crore from four non-banking financial institutions abroad.

Around eight years ago, the government had approved a project to establish Kushtia Medical College and Hospital between January 2012 and December 2014 at the cost of Tk 275.44 crore.

The government will inoculate in phases nearly 14 crore people against Covid-19 with double-dose vaccine from the COVAX facility under a Tk 6,786 crore pandemic preparedness project.

Bangladesh will get the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from Serum Institute of India at the price the Indian government will pay for it, say two top officials of the health ministry and Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited.