A Netrakona court has sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl.

The Criminal Investigation Department has seized about Tk 500 crore worth of assets belonging to Ruhul Amin Swapan, the alleged chief of a syndicate formed to send manpower to Malaysia.

Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain yesterday said the upcoming national election will be held in February and there is no possibility of delays.

The committee reviewing promotion claims of retired "deprived" officials has recommended retrospective promotions for 78 government officers in its second phase.

The Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections are deeply entwined with Bangladesh’s student politics, historically shaping national movements from the 1952 Language Movement to the 1969 Mass Uprising and the 1971 Liberation War.

Trip aims to boost bilateral trade and economic cooperation between the two countries

Foreign ministry says attention of Bangladesh govt has been drawn to reported establishment of AL offices in Delhi, Kolkata

As police threatened doctors not to treat protesters with gunshot wounds during last year’s uprising, physicians falsified records to ensure their treatment, doctors of two Dhaka hospitals told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday.

Biplobi Workers Party General Secretary Saiful Huq warned that removing secularism while retaining Islam as the state religion is a fundamental deception of the people.

A high-level team of the interim government led by Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed will hold meetings with the Japanese government on the possibilities of reducing the metro-rail project costs.

Infrastructure at more than one-third of the 14,467 community clinics, which serve 4.9 lakh people daily, has become risky and now requires replacement or repair to continue providing healthcare, said officials of the Community Clinic Health Support Trust.

The July National Charter, finalised after weeks of consensus talks, faces a delicate challenge over notes of dissent, most of them from the BNP and its allies.

The final judgment in the cases is now pending with the Appellate Division as trial proceedings have been completed at the lower court and HC Division

Some government officials  including members of law enforcement agencies were involved in the rampant looting of stones from Bholaganj’s Sada Pathor area, found a probe committee of the Sylhet district administration.

This year, fishermen have been returning with lesser catches and bigger losses.

The victims are Abdullah Adnan, 2, of Sadar upazila; Munni Ara, 14, and and Mohon Chandra Roy, 4, of Atwary upazila

So far, nine panels have been announced for the 28 Ducsu posts.

Police recovered the hanging bodies of two men from separate locations in Purbadhala upazila of Netrakona yesterday.

Speakers at a discussion yesterday said the energy pricing formulas, including gas and electricity, remain a controversial issue, with limited participation from consumers.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has suspended two deputy directors -- Kamalesh Mandal and Md Ahsanul Kabir Palash -- for failing to submit investigation reports on time.