Tamil Nadu and adjacent Coimbatore were put on high alert following intelligence inputs by India’s federal security agencies that six Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, including one from Pakistan, may have entered Coimbatore, Indian media reports say.

A farmer dies being struck by lightning at Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj.

An alleged drug dealer is killed in a reported gunfight between two rival groups in Satkhira early today, police say.

Two persons have died of dengue fever while 308 others have been infected with the mosquito-borne disease so far in Satkhira, doctors say.

The man who presides over New Zealand’s parliament has been called a baby whisperer.

The Hindu community of the country is observing Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, with due religious fervour.

Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro admits farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze but tells foreign powers not to interfere.

A parliamentary body asks the foreign ministry to find out whether any non-government organisation is misleading Rohingya refugees not to return to their country from Bangladesh.

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

A man is killed and his son has gotten injured when the duo fell to the ground after he lost control over his motorbike in the rain and a bus hit them simultaneously in Dhaka.

Poor quality of police investigation in the cases, too many adjournments, non-appearance of witnesses, poor performance of prosecution among other reasons are responsible for huge backlog of cases, says a report of National Justice Audit.

Sexual violence committed by Myanmar troops against Rohingya women and girls in 2017 was an indication of the military's genocidal intent to destroy the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, United Nations investigators concluded in a report release.

As New Zealand lawmakers vigorously debated fuel prices in parliament this week, speaker Trevor Mallard calls for order while feeding baby Tūtānekai his bottle.

Three High Court (HC) judges have been asked to refrain from judicial works on unspecified reason and their names were dropped from its today’s cause-list.

Three accused in connection with two separate rape cases have been arrested in Barishal, police have said.

The body of an imam is found inside a mosque in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj.

The government of Bangladesh still expresses expectation of Rohingya repatriation though no refugees here showed “willingness” to return to their own country, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says.

There are no lights in sight but the night sky glows a dusky yellow, for the Amazon is burning.

At least seven people are killed and three others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Faridpur, Bogura and Manikganj.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary directs all the policemen to be alert so that innocent persons do not fall victims to any harassment.