Family members of patients with mental illnesses seeking treatment at Pabna Mental Hospital are being harassed by brokers outside who demand money to get them an appointment with a doctor inside or lure them to privately run so-called mental health clinics.

The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for its efforts to combat hunger around the world and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by conflict.

New Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami has started his assignment in Bangladesh distinctly with vaccine diplomacy.

At least 19 people were arrested on rape charges across the country in less than 24 hours since Thursday evening.

Lonely and bored, Mahdia Mahmud is now having trouble concentrating.

When the law minister on Thursday announced that the law would be reformed to provide for death penalty for rape, activists, researchers and lawyers pointed out that far more crucial changes need to be made with immediate effect.

Students who could have failed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations this year are set to get their certificates as no student will be left behind under the government’s new grading system.

One in every 10 people in the capital may have already been infected with Covid-19, says the World Bank, warning that the coronavirus pandemic is not likely to pass anytime soon.

Two human rights bodies have expressed concern over the escalation in the use of Digital Security Act, 2018 against the media, journalists and rights activists.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is getting all the district hospitals ready with ICUs and oxygen supplies to provide healthcare services to the people in case the Covid-19 hits again in the upcoming winter.

“IT-based rural post office” -- that’s what is written on the two-room pucca building of Koilain Post Office in Nawabganj, Dhaka.

Yet another teenage girl was gang-raped on Wednesday evening in Gazipur while a five-year-old girl was raped in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali amid ongoing protests against the heinous crime.

In the wake of protests over the growing number of rape incidents, the government is going to amend the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2000, to make death sentence the highest punishment for committing rape.

The Nobel Literature Prize went to American poet Louise Gluck, known for themes of childhood and family life that draw inspiration from myths and classical motifs.

Bangladesh is currently ranked 16th in the list of worst affected countries in the world in terms of total number of confirmed cases.

The cabinet yesterday expressed hope that Bangladesh would get the Covid-19 vaccine on a priority basis as the government was in touch with all countries and organisations trying to develop it.

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations of this year have been cancelled due to health-safety concerns.

Although the government has resumed international flights, many expatriate workers are facing difficulties in returning to Saudi Arabia due to the big gap between the demand for tickets and the frequency of flights.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for ensuring $100 billion a year for developing countries to save them from climate change impacts as she placed a four-point proposal including “establishing climate justice” at a virtual “Climate Vulnerable Leaders’ Event”.

The UN has expressed serious concerns over the increasing violence against women in Bangladesh and called for justice.