Nearly one in three girls who were married as children are now divorced, facing stigma and financial hardship, according to a new global report by Plan International.

At least 37 people were injured as two rival groups clashed reportedly over establishing supremacy in Ramkantapur union of Faridpur's Saltha upazila yesterday..The clash erupted around 6:00am at Bairdia village and lasted till 10:00am..Of the injured, around 20 were admitted to Farid

Two farmers were found dead at separate locations in Monirampur upazila of Jashore between Thursday night and early yesterday.

Thousands of people, including students, have to cross the Baleshwar river near Tarabuniya Bazar in Pirojpur’s Nazirpur upazila every day using a makeshift passage, as the construction of a 35-metre girder bridge over the river remains incomplete.

A bridge built in Mymensingh’s Phulpur upazila a year ago remains unused as its approach roads are yet to be completed.

Disguised as reporters investigating ‘illegal activities’, robbers held the homeowner and her staff captive before fleeing with gold, cash, new car

A drug-addicted man went on a stabbing spree in Dashmina upazila of Patuakhali on Thursday night, killing a child and injuring six others, said police.

A Rajshahi University teacher was killed and another injured in a road accident in Rajshahi’s Paba area yesterday morning.

Gunfire was heard early yesterday from across the Myanmar border, near Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar and Ghumdhum in Bandarban, according to locals.

Their ages are estimated to be between 40 and 50 years

Jamaat-e-Islami, calling for a referendum in November to implement the July Charter, has demanded that a proposal for the introduction of a proportional representation (PR) system in the national election be incorporated in the referendum.

Races to finalise one candidate per seat by month-end as delay fuels frustration

The Police Headquarters has received the International Crimes Tribunal’s order to execute arrest warrants against 32 people, including 25 serving and retired army officers, accused in two cases related to enforced disappearances and another to killings during the July uprising.

Acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam, after being released by Israeli authorities, is expected to arrive in Dhaka around 5:00am this morning.

Professor Emeritus Syed Manzoorul Islam of Dhaka University’s English department, revered for his teaching, literary brilliance, and principled engagement with Bangladesh’s cultural and civic spheres, breathed his last yesterday. He was 74.

The country’s overall gas supply dropped further last fiscal year, despite higher LNG imports, due to a continued decline in domestic production.

A woman and her daughter were killed, allegedly by burglars, at their house in Ramganj upazila of Lakshmipur on Thursday night.

The Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has imposed a 30-day ban on all types of processions, meetings, rallies, human chains, and street gatherings in the Chattogram port area, starting today.

A 10-year-old boy was injured in a crude bomb explosion in Dhaka’s Mirpur yesterday.

She has dared to imagine a better world, he says