A tribunal yesterday sentenced five people to life imprisonment for gang-raping two sisters at Mongolerga village in Sonargaon upazila in 2010. Judge Mohammad Shahin Uddin of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal also fined the convicts Tk 1 lakh each. The convicts are Shah Alam, son…

Police detained the headmaster of a high school in Fatullah early yesterday over the allegation of sexually assaulting a fourth class employee. The detainee was identified as Ahsan Habib, headmaster of Dapa Ideal High School. Majibur Rahman, Inspector (Operations) of Fatullah Police Station, said the…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's upcoming visit to Germany is likely to be a milestone in taking the relations between the two countries to a new height. The minister came up with the remark while talking to German Ambassador Peter…

Participants in a panel discussion yesterday said the Rohingya crisis should be resolved with the engagement of the regional countries, especially China as it was not a crisis limited to two countries only. They also said punitive sanctions on Myanmar by one or two countries would not be effective.…

Participants in a panel discussion yesterday said the Rohingya crisis should be resolved with the engagement of the regional countries, especially China as it was not a crisis limited to two countries only. They also said punitive sanctions on Myanmar by one or two countries would not be effective.…

Facebook has blacklisted four more of Myanmar's ethnic rebel groups, the platform announced yesterday as it struggles to control rampant hate speech, misinformation and incitement on its platform. For years the social media giant has been lambasted for its slow and ineffectual response to incendiary…

Bangladesh and India have planned to sign five MoUs during the next round of foreign minister-level bilateral talks on Friday, aiming to take the relations between the two countries to newer heights. The meeting - 5th Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) - will be held in New Delhi paving the way for…