She was gang raped by railway employees at the railway rest room in Kolkata while travelling in India on February 26, 1998. The incident triggered outrage. Maitree, a network of 42 women's groups and NGOs in Kolkata, moved to Kolkata High Court seeking compensation for the 27-year old Shefali Begum (name changed to protect her identity).

The BNP has got permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police to hold a rally at the city's Suhrawardy Udyan tomorrow.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of six fraudsters who took money from people and assured them of providing government jobs.

Customs intelligence raids a top hotel in Dhaka and seizes a large supply of liquor, while an illegal vehicle that had a MP sticker on it flees.

Three people sustain burn injuries after a local Awami League activist allegedly hurled hot water at them for not getting extortion money in Old Dhaka.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the ministry will take a decision on lowering transport fares on Monday.

BNP says it is ready to cooperate the government with its experience in combating militancy in the country.

BNP has got permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police to hold workers’ rally in Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on the occasion of May Day.

The Malaysian government will announce a decision on the intake of foreign workers soon, says Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Two people are shot to death by miscreants at Rajibpur village in Laxmipur Sadar upazila.

US Secretary of State John Kerry last night phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and requested her to take necessary steps to bring to book the killers of Xulhaz.

Two representatives of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) yesterday met a team of the Detective Branch of police in

He got off the train just to get a paan. All his career he must have done it hundreds of times, but this would be his last.

The Supreme Court will rehear 161 cases in which former SC judge Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik wrote

In a rare move, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has apologised to the nation for the disruption in power

For a rape victim, justice in the existing legal system in Bangladesh means further humiliation and unending hassles.

Her dark-circled, deep-set eyes gave her a hollow look. The eyes were full of fear and mistrust. The girl gave sideways glances as she hesitantly walked into the office of the One-stop-Crisis Centre (OCC) at Dhaka Medical College Hospital last month. She looked afraid, and when she noticed a man sitting in the room, she immediately cringed.

A Dhaka court yesterday took cognisance of the charges against 41 people, including Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana, in

The European Parliament delegation for South Asia has called on the government, political parties and civil society members to

The fire that broke out in Tulatola area in Chandpai range of the Sundarbans on Wednesday afternoon could not be fully