The 30-year-old man who was accused of raping a Dhaka University student in January was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday.

Independent lawmaker Rezaul Karim Bablu on Tuesday told parliament that feminists are to blame for the rise of rape incidents across the country. He even advocated the implementation of the “tamarinds theory (women are like tamarinds, men will salivate at the sight of them, and so they must remain covered)” of late Hefajat-e-Islam supremo Ahmad Shafi.

Despite being illegal and risky, they are used nationwide, thanks to the backing of influentials who find them an easy way to make a quick buck.

Nine people were killed and five injured when a locally made three-wheeler carrying paddy overturned and plunged into a roadside ditch in Barik Bazar area of Chapainawabganj’s Shibganj upazila yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that though the intensity of Covid-19 pandemic has declined slightly in the country, it is likely to increase in the coming winter.

The government has asked all non-government secondary schools not to collect re-admission, development, assignment, tiffin, laboratory, library, and magazine fees from students during Covid-19 pandemic.

When buses were being torched in Dhaka on November 12 afternoon, Zakir Hossain Siddiqui, a vice-president of Jubo Dal, was undergoing treatment for a blood disease at LabAid Hospital.

Eighteen eminent citizens yesterday expressed concern that a court framed charges against five people, including Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman, in a case filed over the tragic death of college student Naimul Abrar.

Coal-fired power projects are on the chopping block as the government finally plans to give up its obsession for the dirty energy over rising coal import costs and environmental concerns.

Human rights activists and feminists expressed grave concern over the words of independent MP of Bogura-7 Md Rezaul Karim Bablu, who said in parliament on Tuesday that feminists are to blame for the rape incidents across the country.

Government doctors providing private services during work hours will face action, the health ministry said yesterday.

The authorities reported over 2,000 new Covid-19 cases for the third straight day yesterday, raising concerns over the possible second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak in the winter.

Four police personnel, including the officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station in Old Dhaka, have been sued for extorting money from a trader.

Observing a rising trend in Covid-19 infections and deaths, experts in the country stressed on immediate acceleration of scientific virus curb measures to stop transmission.

The much-talked-about Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2020, was passed in parliament yesterday to provide for death penalty as the highest punishment for rape.

Most parts of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts plunged into darkness last night after engineers failed to restore electricity supply from Kumargaon Power Plant after a fire.

The government is considering banking on the existing cold chain for storing, transporting and distributing coronavirus vaccines while some experts say the main challenge will be to manage such a large volume with the existing capacity.

One of the greatest icons of Bangla cinema, Soumitra Chatterjee was never short of enthusiasm for work as his magic on the silver screen kept audience enthralled for around six decades.

Twenty-one more people died from Covid-19 in past 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services.

Mobile courts will initiate drives in Dhaka within two to three days to make sure that people wear facemasks and follow other health rules, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said yesterday.