In Asia, no economic or business sector is as vibrant or commands more attention of policymakers as the digital sphere, this trend well documented in a landmark study by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s first annual Digital Economy Report.

The world’s oldest travel firm Thomas Cook (TCG.L) collapsed on Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives in New York via Abu Dhabi on an eight-day official visit to the USA to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declare themselves united in a relentless fight against "terrorism," vowing a close, personal alliance in front of tens of thousands of Indian-Americans.

The toy guns, recovered from a house during the raid in Fatullah of Narayanganj, are similar to those seen in a video released by the Islamic State recently.

At least 26 individuals are killed and a dozen others injured in a passenger bus accident on Babusar Pass in the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, says spokesperson for the GB government Faizullah Firaq.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on September 22, 2019

President Hassan Rouhani denounces the presence of foreign forces in the Gulf and said Iran will put forward a peace plan, after arch-foe the United States ordered reinforcements to the tinderbox region.

Police recover 28 bottles of foreign wine from a drum floating in the Padma River in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna.

The government has appointed former senior secretary Nasima Begum as the chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

Taking a swipe at the ruling party leaders for corruption, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says misdeeds of the ruling quarter are getting exposed as they crossed the limit by indulging in widespread corruption and plundering.

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson says Chinese involvement has a "great deal of potential" to help bring the Rohingya crisis to an end noting that involvement of wide range of countries can resolve the crisis.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the government would not allow operation of any illegal business like casino in the country.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police’s counter terrorism unit detains four Election Commission (EC) employees in a case filed over providing NID cards to Rohingyas.

Police seize casino, gambling equipment, liquors and cash conducting drives at four clubs in Motijheel area of Dhaka.

The Supreme Court administration issues several directives for the judicial officers on their use of social media, restraining them from uploading pictures and video clips of SC judges, publishing and disclosing information and making comments against the national unity and spirit.

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Asian Development Bank (ADB) is emphasising on quality and value for money for ADB funded project to deliver better outcome.

A special tribunal in Dhaka sentences five JMB members to 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with a blast in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area as part of the series bomb blast in 63 districts of the country on August 17, 2005.

If an investigation shows that last week’s attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities was launched from Iranian territory, the kingdom would consider it an act of war, but Riyadh is currently seeking a peaceful resolution, a senior Saudi official said.