US President Donald Trump says it looks like Iran was behind attacks on oil plants in Saudi Arabia but stresses he does not want to go to war, as the attacks sent oil prices soaring and raised fears of a new Middle East conflict.

Israel begins voting in its second election in five months that will decide whether to extend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's term as the country's longest-serving prime minister despite corruption allegations against him.

Awami League candidate Rezaul Karim Razu withdraws his candidature from the by-election to Rangpur-3 parliamentary constituency scheduled to be held on October 5.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen seeks support from UK parliamentarians to ensure a safe and sustainable return of Rohingyas to their homeland in Northern Rakhine State of Myanmar.

Five policemen were arrested with yaba tablets at a police barrack in Dhaka’s Uttara area, police say.

Around 600,000 Rohingyas remaining inside Myanmar face systematic persecution and live under the threat of genocide, says the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar in a new report.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on September 16, 2019

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start open market sales (OMS) of onion tomorrow in its bid to curb spiralling prices of the essential cooking ingredient, an official says.

Bank of Bhutan has implemented REVE Chat’s AI powered live chat platform to transform their customer conversations with chatbots.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demands removal of Jahangirnagar University (JU) Vice Chancellor Farzana Islam for reportedly bribing Chhatra League leaders.

The High Court directs for conducting a judicial inquiry into the allegation against Officer-in-Charge of Rajshahi’s Puthia Police Station Shakil Uddin Ahammed of manipulating the first information report (FIR) of a murder case.

Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen AKM Mostafa Kamal Pasha says there are only nine doctors against 141 posts at jails across the country.

Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, and Naem Nizam, editor of Bangladesh Protidin, are elected as new president and general secretary of Shampadak Parishad (Editors’ Council) respectively.

A student of Dhaka’s Banophool Adibashi Green Heart College is injured after jumping off a building roof today as his teacher allegedly hurled abusive words at him for not being successful in the examination.

Rezwanul Haque Chowdhury Shovon resigns from Dhaka University Senate, 2 days after he was removed from BCL president post amid allegations of irregularities.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a healthy ozone layer and climate are essential to meeting all of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Threatening to boycott Rangpur-3 by-polls, Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad urged the Election Commission to change the date of the by-elections as October 5 is the second day of Dugra Puja.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on September 16, 2019

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses the need for formation of a separate police unit for ensuring security of metro rail.

The Indian Supreme Court has allowed senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad to visit Jammu and Kashmir but said he cannot hold any political rally, reports our New Delhi correspondent.