Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman urges the president of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) Geneva to urgently take up the issue of stranded Bangalees with the authorities in Islamabad to prevent their persecution and arrange their speedy repatriation to Bangladesh.

The High Court has upheld the life sentence handed to a convict in a rape case in Khulna, considering the circumstances and statement of the victim although her medical report was not available.

A Dhaka University student yesterday sued former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur under the Digital Security Act over making insulting and defamatory comments about her during a Facebook Live broadcast.

The Myanmar military has intensified its attacks, involving its ground, air and naval forces, against the Arakan Army, reported The Irrawady, amid concerns that civilians in Rakhine are becoming victims of the conflicts.

The former executive assistant of Fahim Saleh, co-founder of Pathao, pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of first-degree murder for allegedly decapitating and dismembering the tech entrepreneur in his luxury New York condo in July.

Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner Vikram Kumar Doraiswami yesterday said Bangladesh would get top priority in trial, distribution, delivery, and partial co-production of the potential Indian Covid-19 vaccine.

Panic gripped Rangamati’s Naniarchar after a gunfight took place in the area on Tuesday evening.

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) will now probe the case filed in connection with the torture of a man to death in police custody in Sylhet.

Amnesty International has found new evidence of indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Rakhine amid serious escalations in the ongoing armed conflict between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army.

Twenty-two people were reported dead from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:30am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The government will not co-fund a late-stage domestic trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech, Health Minister Zahid Maleque told Reuters yesterday.

The World Health Organization chief warned Monday against just allowing the coronavirus to spread in the hope of achieving so-called herd immunity, saying it was “unethical” as China rushed yesterday to test an entire city within days after a minor outbreak.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed grave concern over the failure of leading foreign trade partners of Bangladesh in taking steps on foreign bribery.

A woman was raped in Jashore on Monday, while a man was arrested early yesterday for allegedly raping two sisters in Narayanganj.

President Donald Trump was set to travel to Pennsylvania yesterday for his second campaign rally since his bout with Covid-19, while Democratic rival Joe Biden is heading to Florida as the fight for the White House focuses on two of the biggest battleground states.

The US has intensified its engagements with Bangladesh to advance its Indo-Pacific Strategy amid the lowest point in decades of its relationship with China, which is expanding its global footprint.

Over half the hilsa eggs laid are likely to hatch this year due to favourable environment, researchers and officials said.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a communication to the United Nations Secretary General Dr Kurt Waldheim expresses grave concern over the rapidly deteriorating condition of the stranded Bangalees in Pakistan and seeks his good office’s support in securing their expeditious repatriation.

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) has demanded justice for its female employee who became a victim of sexual violence at a checkpoint on Teknaf-Cox’s Bazar road.

A court in Noakhali yesterday sent Delwar, chief of Delwar Bahini, to jail in connection with the torture and gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila.