A Barisal court has handed down death penalty to a man convicted of killing a first year Barisal University student back in 2013.

High Court orders government to make sure that police accept any rape complaint and give services to all victims without discrimination.

Miscreants stab to death a man and his niece in entering their house at Pallabi in the capital, Dhaka.

Thailand and Malaysian police are expected to meet Friday to discuss human trafficking issues plaguing both nations.

Robbers shoot dead seven including manager of Bangladesh Commerce Bank, Kathgora branch in Ashulia during a broad daylight robbery at the bank, cops say. Angry mob lynch a robber after capturing two while fleeing.

A couple was killed allegedly by their son-in-law in Chandpur Sadar upazila.

Muggers snatch away Tk 16 lakh from a businessman after shooting him in his left leg in the old part of Dhaka.

At least 11 people including five women are killed as a two-storey makeshift house caves in the swampy soil by the Jheelpar in Rampura of Dhaka.

Shahbagh police seeks CCTV footage from police headquarters to identify the youths who assaulted 20 women at Dhaka University campus during Pahela Baishakh celebration yesterday.

Posing as guest, a man enters the house of BRTA deputy director in Mohammadpur and attacks the family members, leaving the official’s wife dead. The severely injured BRTA official and their two daughters are now undergoing treatment at hospital.

Unknown miscreants stab a woman and her daughter to death in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur.

Unknown miscreants stab a woman and her daughter to death in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur.

Alleged chief of a forest bandit racket of the Sundarbans killed in 'gunfight' with police in Koyra upazila of Khulna.

The United Nations human rights office said on Thursday that Islamic State fighters may have committed genocide against the minority Yazidi community in Iraq as well as crimes against humanity and war crimes against civilians including children.

Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed heated exchanges between members who expressed anger at the gang-rape of a 71-year-old nun in West Bengal.

The Argentine authorities say they have arrested two Paraguayan men who tried to cross the border with a 19th Century gold ingot worth more than $2m.

Former chief justice, currently Law Commission Chairman, Justice ABM Khairul Haque says the police chief should have resigned following the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy

Eight men have been detained by police investigating the rape of an elderly nun in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Eight men have been detained by police investigating the rape of an elderly nun in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The High Court today granted bail to Jannati Hossain, a young entrepreneur detained in a murder case after her business partner Mostamsir Ashraf died in a car crash.