An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Dhaka's Uttarkhan area on Saturday.

The High Court grants anticipatory bail to Barrister Mainul Hosein for six months in 13 defamation cases.

The United Nations stands ready to work with the new government of Bangladesh and other national stakeholders to further efforts towards a peaceful and inclusive society, good governance and the rule of law in line with the 2030 agenda and SDG 16.

President Donald Trump has rejected a Washington Post report that he has refused to share details of his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin with top US government officials.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said that Israel had at the weekend carried out an air strike on Iranian weapons in Syria, a rare public confirmation of such attacks.

The US ambassador to Germany has warned of sanctions against firms linked to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia, the American embassy in Berlin confirmed yesterday.

Israel said yesterday it had uncovered all cross-border attack tunnels dug by Hezbollah from Lebanon and will bring its operation to find and destroy them to an end after more than a month.

A deadly fire burnt down some 73 houses in Mosjid Colony area of Rangamati town yesterday, with no injuries reported.

The Border Guard Bangladesh remains on alert since Saturday for a possible renewed Rohingya intrusion amid frequent clashes between Myanmar security forces and Buddhist rebels in Rakhine state.

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday seized around 1.20 lakh yaba pills from Alir Dail area in Teknaf upazila early in the morning, just a couple of days after controversial former lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi's “strong warning” against yaba traders.

Malaysian immigration police have allegedly beat up and injured a Bangladeshi man even though the migrant is legally working in Serdang of Selangor district.

Influential and politically connected traders are illegally dredging the Dhaleshwari in Tangail and locals fear this could result in losing their properties to river erosion.

Private commercial banks will set fresh strategies to curb the rising defaulted loans in the banking sector.

Appreciating Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's humanitarian support to the Rohingyas, UK's Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field underlined the need for the refugees' voluntary, dignified and sustainable return to Myanmar involving UN agencies.

The US government shutdown that has left 800,000 federal employees without salaries as a result of President Donald Trump's row with Democrats over building a Mexico border wall entered a record 22nd day Saturday.

One person was killed and 20 others injured as police allegedly opened fire at a crowd protesting the arrest of two people from a restaurant at Modonpur bus stand area in Narayanganj's Bandar Upazila.

Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury yesterday said all the staff members of the land offices would have to submit their wealth statements by February 28.

A transport workers' federation has called for a 48-hour transport strike in greater Chattogram from 6:00am tomorrow, protesting alleged extortion by Chattogram-4 lawmaker Didarul Alam.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denounced bishops in the Catholic-majority country as "sons of bitches", renewing his attacks on the church that has criticised him over his bloody war on drugs.

Outgoing Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila's ruling coalition won a majority in legislative elections, a coalition official said on Saturday, despite opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi's win in the presidential vote the same day.