Delwar Hossain, prime accused in the recent gang rape of a woman in Noakhali, engaged in various crimes under the patronage of local politicians from both the ruling Awami League and the BNP.

Many migrant workers are still uncertain about rejoining work in Saudi Arabia anytime soon as several foreign airlines are yet to resume flights to the kingdom.

Students, rickshaw-pullers and labourers faced the worst financial hardship during pandemic whereas government employees and teachers were least impacted by it, reported Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

The survivor of the gang-rape in Noakhali was previously raped multiple times at gunpoint by prime accused Delwar Hossain, the National Human Rights Commission found after visiting the woman yesterday.

Forty-seven Bangladeshi workers, who were sent to jail after returning from Vietnam, were released from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur yesterday following the court’s directive.

The books he used to read, the prizes he won, and the clothes he wore -- all are now stowed gracefully in a showcase, just the way Abrar Fahad used to keep them in his dormitory in Buet.

At least four people were killed in sporadic clashes that broke out between two groups of Rohingyas in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar yesterday evening.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the national economy made a turnaround with its desired pace due to the government’s timely decision to give stimulus packages to various sectors and groups during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The decision on holding the postponed Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will likely be announced this week.

The High Court yesterday questioned Dhaka Wasa’s decision of hiking water prices by 25 percent from April 1.

The Saudi Arabian Airlines will operate 50 to 60 flights between Dhaka and Saudi Arabia this month in a bid to fly more workers waiting to go back to the Gulf country.

The Covid-19 pandemic is having a “devastating impact” on mental health services globally, the World Health Organization said yesterday, ahead of a large fundraising push.

Many migrant workers, who got stuck after coming from Saudi Arabia on vacation, are having to ask their employers to get their visas and residence permits renewed.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government was careful so that prompt action could be taken against any kind of oppression of children in the country.

A wave of protests erupted in the capital and elsewhere over the horrific gang-rape incident in Noakhali’s Begumganj with the agitators demanding justice for the heinous crime that has shaken the conscience of the nation.

On the day following the gang-rape on September 2, the Noakhali woman had gone to a member of Eklashpur Union Parishad seeking his help in taking the matter to the police, but to no avail.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he stands ready to work with Bangladesh to better align the two countries’ strategies and jointly promote the construction of the Belt and Road to take the China-Bangladesh strategic partnership of cooperation to new heights, reports Xinhua.

Four years of illegal sand lifting and forest razing have turned what was once a dense forest in Chakaria, Cox’s Bazar, into what now appears to be a lake.

Sirajul Haque Khan cannot recall the last time someone came to check the gas connection to his building.

Late last night, there was widespread outrage on social media as the graphic video of a woman in Noakhali being gang-raped was uploaded and shared yesterday.