Two minor girls have allegedly been raped, one by her father and another by a neighbour, in Narayanganj and Moulvibazar.

Police arrested a man from his house in the capital's West Nakhalpara in Tejgaon yesterday on charges of raping his domestic help.

Another victim of the Chawkbazar fire lost the battle for life at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early yesterday, taking the death toll in the tragedy to 69.

Two alleged criminals -- a drug dealer and a robber -- were killed in “gunfights” with police in Kushtia and Barishal yesterday.

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has cancelled the licence of three bottled and jar water brands and suspended operations of seven others after finding their water unsafe.

A “rebel” faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League and quota reformists yesterday announced their panels to contest the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students' Union election.

Four alleged members of a Sundarban-based robber gang were killed yesterday in a “gunfight” with Rab in Chandpai range of the forest in Satkhira, Rab said.

Civil society groups monitoring Nigeria's presidential and parliamentary election said yesterday that 39 people have been killed in violence linked to the vote.

The father of London teenager Shamima Begum, who married an Islamic State group militant in Syria, insisted in an interview with AFP yesterday that Britain must take her back before deciding any punishment.

United States Vice President Mike Pence passed on a message from Donald Trump to Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido yesterday, telling him "we are with you 100 percent."

A ninth grader was allegedly raped by her neighbour in a village of Jashore's Jhikargachha upazila on Sunday night.

An SSC examinee suffered severe burns in an acid attack allegedly over a land dispute at Debidanga Jhargaon village in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Sunday night.

Australian fashion brands have cared more for their clothes than the people making those, reveals a new report.

With a heavy heart, the nation yesterday observed the 10th anniversary of the Pilkhana carnage that left 74 people, including 57 army officers, dead.

Only the Awami League candidate conducted electioneering at full throttle during the campaign of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-polls which officially ends tonight, while contenders from other parties were almost absent.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said over 1.2 million Rohingyas of Myanmar, who fled Rakhine and are sheltered in Bangladesh, are unfortunately eating up much of Bangladesh's forests and creating an environmental disaster.

Chattogram and some of its neighbouring upazilas yesterday faced over two hours of power outage due to some technical glitches in the national grid.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh entered a new level of development with the beginning of constructing a tunnel beneath the Karnaphuli river, which will significantly contribute to the region's socio-economic progress upon its completion.

A sixteen-year-old boy was killed yesterday in an attack, allegedly carried out by some teenagers of a rival gang, in Housing Estate area of Sylhet city.

Saudi Arabia on Saturday named a princess as its first woman ambassador to the United States, a key appointment as the fallout over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder tests relations between the allies.