Police were trying to arrest a 50-year-old man who allegedly raped a third-grader of a madrasa in Kurigram’s Rowmari upazila.

A college student, who was stabbed in Narayanganj on Friday night, died at a clinic in the capital yesterday.

Scientists have reversed signs of ageing in middle-aged and elderly mice by partially resetting the rodents’ tissues to more youthful states, an advance they say may lead to better anti-ageing methods without side effects like brittle bones, weaker muscles or cancer.

The police are involved in more extrajudicial killings than the Rapid Action Battalion, found a report by the Centre for Governance Studies.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said an uninterrupted democratic process for the past 13 years has been behind the unprecedented development of Bangladesh.

Secondary and higher secondary schools will resume in-person classes on all subjects from March 15, said Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday.

A Bangladeshi woman died in a fire at a guest house on Kolkata’s Mirza Ghalib Street early yesterday.

A 35-year-old man died and four others were critically injured as a wall collapsed at a construction site in Chhoto Bongram area of Godagari, Rajshahi, yesterday morning.

The Election Commission is all set to begin a series of talks with cross-section citizens from tomorrow.

The World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country’s public health laboratories to prevent “any potential spills” that would spread disease among the population, the agency told Reuters.

Acne is a common disorder of the skin involving hair follicles and sebaceous glands. Most teens and young adults -- between the ages of 11 and 30 -- will have acne at some point.

More than 70 original Nasa photographs including a celebrated image of Buzz Aldrin’s moon walk taken by Neil Armstrong were sold at auction in Copenhagen on Wednesday for more than 155,000 euros ($172,000).

Badal Khandaker went to Serbia in November last year with hopes of a well-paying job that would ensure a better life for his family back home.

Bangladesh has urged the Food and Agriculture Organization to set up a digital hub for the Asia-Pacific region so that developing countries can increase their agricultural production using modern technologies.

Three policemen, including one inspector, have been closed for allegedly beating an on-duty nurse at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.

Left Democratic Alliance, a platform of left-leaning political parties, yesterday called a half-day general strike on March 28 protesting the price hike of daily essentials.

A woman died in a house fire in Cumilla’s Barura upazila early yesterday.

A college student drowned while bathing in the Bay of Bengal near the Sugandha Beach Point in Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

Within one and a half years into the dredging of the Charalkata river, the riverbed has filled up again at different points as sand and earth kept on the banks of the river got deposited to the riverbed in the rainy season.

Fleeing the horrors of war in Ukraine, Bangladeshis are finding new hope in other European countries.