The Election Commission will take special measures to prevent Rohingyas from registering as Bangladeshi voters.

India is all set for the second round of elections today as election authorities cracked down on ‘vote buying’ to deter unwanted influence in the ongoing polls .

An Alim examinee of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa yesterday confessed to playing a direct role in the killing of his fellow student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

Nearly 45 percent service seekers in the capital don’t get the desired amount of water from Dhaka Wasa, Transparency International Bangladesh said yesterday citing its survey.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has identified 22 sources of corruption plaguing the state-run Titas Gas for years.

Shab-e-Barat, the holy night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed on the night of April 21 as the moon of Sha’ban month was not sighted in Bangladesh sky on April 6.

From now on, only female magistrates will record statements of female and child victims of rape and sexual harassment in order to ensure fair investigation and justice, said a circular issued by the Supreme Court administration yesterday.

River communications across the country came to a near halt yesterday as water transport workers started a nationwide indefinite work stoppage that caused huge public sufferings and hampered business activities.

Three girls have allegedly been raped in Cumilla, Moulvibazar and Rajshahi since Monday.

The brutal killing of Nusrat Jahan Rafi could have been avoided had the local administration and the madrasa governing body taken necessary steps on time, National Human Rights Commission said in its probe report yesterday.

It is a sweet headache at times when you cannot pick all the players who are performing, and now is such a time for the Bangladesh national selectors.

Owners of 17 hills prone to landslides were given a month-long deadline, ending on May 15, to remove 835 families and empty the hills.

Raising fresh doubts about the credibility of Electronic Voting Machines being used in ongoing parliamentary elections, leaders of 21 opposition parties have decided to step up pressure on the Election Commission (EC) to verify at least 50 percent of the votes polled in EVMs with Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails (VVPAT).

Five girls aged between 11 and 15 had been allegedly raped in five districts since Saturday.

A 24-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her home in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram after she resisted an alleged rape attempt by two youths early Sunday.

The political circle is suddenly abuzz with one discussion that prison days of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia are likely to be over in a couple of weeks.

Moazzem Hossain, former officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Model Police Station, was sued under the Digital Security Act yesterday on charges of recording a video of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi without her consent and spreading the footage on social media.

After Nusrat Jahan Rafi was taken to the rooftop of Sonagazi madrasa's administrative building on April 6, fellow students Umme Sultana Poppy and Kamrunnahar Moni held her hands tight.

A Rajshahi court yesterday sentenced three people to death for killing Rajshahi University teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam in 2014.

Bangladesh and Bhutan yesterday agreed in principle to work on duty- and quota-free access of a number of goods of the two countries to each other's market for mutual benefits.