Rape, murder, torture, road crashes and other acts of violence claimed the lives of 986 children in the country last year.

Singapore Airlines, one of the leading airlines in the world, has introduced brand new Airbus A350-900 aircraft on Dhaka-Singapore route to give passengers a more comfortable and inflight entertainment journey.

The cost of living in Dhaka went up by 6.5 per cent in 2019 due to hike in prices of commodities and services, says Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB).

Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (Duta) will form a human chain programme on the campus tomorrow protesting the rape of their student in the capital’s Kurmitola area on Airport Road Sunday night.

Chief of National Human Rights Commission Nasima Begum says the Dhaka University student who was raped in Kurmitola on Sunday night can recognise the rapist if she sees him.

A total of 605 policemen receives 'IGP’s Exemplary Good Service Badge' award in recognition of their performances with honesty and devotion in the last one year.

Students of Dhaka University have been continuing their demonstration for the second consecutive day protesting the rape of one of their fellow students in Kurmitola on Airport Road Sunday night.

Detective Branch (DB) of police is now investigating the case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the capital’s Kurmitola area on Sunday night.

With the by-polls of Chattogram-8 (Chandgaon-Boalkhali) constituency coming closer, candidates of both Awami League (AL) and BNP have been giving their best efforts to woo voters.

The High Court is likely to release today the full text of its verdict that confirmed death penalty of 139 accused and upheld life imprisonment of 185 others for involvement in massacre during the 2009 BDR mutiny.

Visually-impaired Tabassum Ferdousi Chandni achieved GPA 4.21 in the recently concluded Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination from Sylhet.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday stressed the need to mould the young generation as skilled members of the workforce who have ample knowledge of science and information technology (IT).

In line with a High Court directive, the government has shut down all illegal brick kilns in five districts -- Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur, Munshiganj, and Manikganj, the Department of Environment said in a report.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has laid emphasis on a peaceful solution to the Rohingya crisis as Bangladesh seeks Cambodia’s support for early repatriation of the forcibly-displaced Myanmar nationals temporarily sheltered in Bangladesh.

Jagannath University authorities yesterday suspended four students for allegedly ragging a female student on the campus. The girl, a first-year student, is yet to spend a week on campus as her classes began on January 1.

A Chattogram court yesterday sent 23 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami to jail after they surrendered before the court in a case filed with Double Mooring Police Station over subversive activities and assaulting police in 2018.

Bangladesh Railway is going to change schedules for 35 intercity trains starting January 10, Rail Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said yesterday.

Concerned authorities yesterday withdrew five police personnel of Fatullah Model Police Station, on charges of negligence in duty.

Officials from Chattogram Metro unit of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) distributed 300 blankets among cold-hit people in different areas of Rangamati yesterday.

Freedom fighter Md Tariqul Islam passed away at his elder son’s residence at Syedpur town of Nilphamari due to old age complications. He was 76.