A 13-year-old girl was raped by a neighbour with the assistance of his wife in Dhaka’s Dhamrai upazila. After the teenage victim became pregnant, local arbiters -- led by a Union Parishad member of Chowhat -- arranged an arbitration and collected Tk 1.80 lakh from the rapist for compensation. However, victim’s family members claim that the money was shared among the arbiters.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday urged all not to be misguided by rumours and stay alert against any evil move to spread propaganda.

Four people were killed in road accidents across three districts in the last two days, our correspondents and agencies report.

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Col (retd) Oli Ahmed yesterday called upon party leaders and activists to be ready to start a protest to “free people from the misrule of this government”.

New York senators want to be the messengers of a youthful and positive Bangladesh, which is witnessing a significant growth in economic and social sectors, and facilitate more business and educational exchanges between the two countries.

A national adolescent and youth conclave was held at Bangla Academy in the capital recently by Unite for Body Rights (UBR) Bangladesh Alliance.

Jamuna, the female gharial in Rajshahi Zoo, laid eggs after two years of a pioneering attempt for captive breeding of the freshwater reptile that is listed as “critically endangered” on the IUCN Red List.

Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) is cleaning up spilled oil from Karnaphuli river, following a collision between an oil tanker and a lighter vessel on early Friday.

Littering continues to ruin the beauty and environment of the capital due to apathy of the authorities concerned, lack of awareness among people and absence of law enforcement, according to experts.

From the Sultanate period, Dhaka witnessed many mosques built on its land, and that tradition was continued with utmost conviction -- to make the city full of places to pray -- throughout the Mughal era. They were definitely successful as Dhaka is commonly known as a “city of mosques”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home on Sunday, wrapping up her four-day official visit to Azerbaijan.

Bangladesh Bharatia Oikya Parishad, an organisation of tenants, and Bangladesh Ganatantrik Mukti Andolan call upon the government to properly enforce the House Rent Control Act 1991, for insuring rights of the tenants.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined general debate of the 18th NAM Summit at Plenary Hall of Baku Congress Centre on the second day of the summit.

Many of the 200 Bangladeshi workers forcibly who were sent back from Saudi Arabia have said they were deported despite having legal documents.

The late Autumn showers across Dhaka and many other parts of the country caused by a low in the Bay of Bengal is likely to linger till tomorrow, Bangladesh Meteorology Department says.

Algeria will reopen its diplomatic mission in Dhaka to boost its trade and commerce with Bangladesh.

Actor Misha Sawdagor has been re-elected president of Bangladesh Cholochitro Shilpi Samiti, defeating actress Arifa Pervin Zaman Moushumi in the biennial election.

BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed yesterday alleged that the ruling party is deceiving people by publicising trial of two or three cases as an example of “establishment of rule of law”.

A religious platform yesterday demonstrated at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque premises, protesting deaths in Sunday’s clash at Borhanuddin upazila of Bhola and demanding highest punishment of the killers.

Roksana Parvin, who was arrested on Thursday in a case over torturing a 12-year-old house help to death in Mohammadpur area, gave confessional statement before a magistrate yesterday.