A man was sent to jail yesterday on charge of raping a girl who has disabilities in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila, said police.

A Khulna court on Thursday sent a lecturer of Khulna University in a case filed over torturing his wife for dowry.

France has lifted restrictions on Bangladesh and decided to consider it a “Green” listed country with regards to Covid-19.

A Swechchhasebak League leader on Thursday landed in jail on charge of snatching money.

At least 11 people died in eastern India after a massive explosion at a house where firecrackers were being made illegally, officials said yesterday.

Dhaka University Alumni Association is going to accord posthumous honours to 100 dignitaries to celebrate 100 years of the university.

A 57-year-old woman was recently killed by a man who was hired by her daughter to do the job in Gazipur’s Sreepur area, police said after arresting the culprits.

Menstrual hygiene is crucial for women’s health. Lack of it may lead to serious problems like reproductive tract infections (RTI).

The Criminal Investigation Department of police has arrested a close associate of former independent lawmaker Kazi Papul, who was sentenced to seven years in jail in a human trafficking case by a Kuwait court last year.

Musheq Alam Saikat, son of State Minister for Planning Shamsul Alam, had physically abused and attempted to murder his ex-wife Tasnova Iqbal, according to a police investigation report.

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) refers to certain symptoms many women go through every month ahead of their menstrual periods.

A seal wearing a helmet with an antenna might look unusual, but eight Weddell seals, each with a 580g monitoring device on their heads, have been helping Japanese researchers survey the waters under the thick ice sheet in Antarctica.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has sought support of two US lawmakers to have the sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion and seven of its current and former officials lifted on a priority basis.

Myanmar-based narcotics smugglers are supplying the synthetic drug “ice” to Bangladesh by taking only 20 or 30 percent of the payment in advance in cash or hundi, according to the Rapid Action Battalion.

A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) man allegedly died by shooting himself with his service weapon at a camp in Sapahar border in Naogaon early yesterday.

Officials reported 657 new cases of Covid and five deaths from the disease as the positivity rate dipped below three percent in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday

Villagers beat two burglary suspects to death and seriously injured another in the Banparil area of the district early yesterday.

Australia’s emergency services yesterday ordered 200,000 people to flee from the path of a wild storm that has killed 13 people in a week of record-setting east coast floods, but the city of Sydney escaped the worst of the deluge.

A group of criminals raped a woman tying up her husband and children at her home in Bagerhat’s Morrelganj upazila early yesterday.

The United Nations yesterday agreed to start negotiating a world-first global treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed a watershed moment for the planet.