A bus driver was allegedly beaten to death by a group of plainclothes men who claimed to be detectives in Patiya upazila of Chattogram early yesterday.

A Narayanganj court has awarded a man with life term rigorous imprisonment and fined him Tk 50,000 for raping a fourth grader in 2013.

Right now, terrorist groups in Bangladesh do not have the capacity to carry out an organised attack, a top counterterrorism official said.

Signing of an extradition treaty will dominate the 3rd Strategic Dialogue between Bangladesh and the UK today as the government is firm on bringing home BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman from London.

It will take Dhaka Wasa a few more years to complete the third phase of the surface water treatment plant in Sayedabad because of the delay in construction of a pipeline.

Saifur Rahman alias Zobayer, a key accused in Nusrat murder, yesterday confessed before a magistrate that he struck a match, set the Feni madrasa student on fire after another suspect Jabed Hossain poured kerosene on her, said police.

Dhaka and Bandar Seri Begawan yesterday signed seven instruments to step up cooperation in the fields of agriculture, fisheries, livestock, culture, sports and LNG supply.

Strongly condemning the terror attacks in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged everyone to be vocal against terrorists.

A father and son lifesaving team drowned while trying to save a tourist swept out to sea near one of Australia’s most famous sights off the south coast, officials said yesterday.

A Malaysian woman has reportedly been cleared of murdering her Indonesian maid, who was allegedly tortured and forced to sleep outside with a dog, with activists yesterday criticising the “shocking” decision.

Four men were killed Sunday in an attack on a Saudi security services base north of the capital Riyadh, official media said, as the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the assault.

Suspected jihadists killed at least 11 soldiers in an attack Sunday in central Mali, the defence ministry said.

Three top UN officials will jointly visit Bangladesh from April 24 to 26 to highlight the ongoing need for support for the humanitarian needs of almost a million Rohingya refugees, said the UN office in Dhaka yesterday.

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi youth along Dangaon border in Thakurgaon’s Haripur upazila on early Monday.

Three alleged drug peddlers, including two Rohingyas, were killed in two separate “gunfights” with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Rapid Action Battalion in Cox’s Bazar yesterday and the day before, while another peddler was shot and injured while trying to flee from police in Lalmonirhat on Sunday.

Millions of Indians will vote today in the third phase of the mammoth parliamentary elections covering 116 constituencies spread over 15 states and federally-administered territories.

Police on Saturday rescued a college student from a gang of seven young men, three of whom had allegedly raped her while the others filmed the act, in Manikganj’s Singair.

The traffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police filed 4,729 cases and realised fines of Tk 23.23 lakh in separate drives against traffic rules violators in the capital on Friday.

India’s Supreme Court yesterday held an extraordinary hearing after a former employee of the apex court accused Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment and persecution.

Hosts Bangladesh will take on United Arab Emirates when the first Bangamata U-19 Women’s International Gold Cup kicks off tomorrow at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.