The amusement parks and recreational centres in the capital are abuzz with visitors as Dhaka dwellers celebrate their holidays for Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, amid great enthusiasm.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says that Rashed Chowdhury, a fugitive killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be brought back to the country from the US.

The Centre tells the Supreme Court that the restrictions imposed in the Kashmir Valley will be lifted in the next few days, adding that the security agencies must be trusted as the ground situation is being reviewed daily.

Indonesia’s crackdown on imported foreign waste has upset the village of Bangun, where residents say they earn more money sorting through piles of garbage than growing rice in once-lush paddy fields.

Four members of a family are killed and two others are injured as a bus hit a private car on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway.

The UN Security Council is due to meet behind closed-doors at the request of China and Pakistan to discuss India's decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, diplomats say.

Fatalities in the latest airstrikes in northwest Syria include two humanitarian workers, a paramedic, an ambulance driver and a rescue worker, a UN spokesman says.

Talented singers Xefer and Tashfee talk about their passion, career and dating preferences.

River grabbing, untreated human waste, heavy metals and indiscriminately dumped toxic chemicals are some of the words now one can use to describe the once famous Ichamati River of Pabna.

North Korea has launched at least two more projectiles into the sea, South Korea’s military says, as Pyongyang describes South Korea’s president as “impudent” and vows that inter-Korean talks are over.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on August 15, 2019

Three more persons including a physician have died after being infected with mosquito-borne disease at different hospitals in Dhaka.

A man drowns in a waterfall in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram. The deceased was identified as Md Mehedi Hasan, 21, a worker of Chittagong Export Processing Zone (EPZ), said Chattogram Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters in the port city.

Pakistan says three of its soldiers are killed in a cross-border exchange of fire in the contested Kashmir region, but India denies that five of its troops are dead too.

A powerful tropical storm lashes Japan, bringing strong winds and torrential rain that claimed at least one life, prompted warnings of landslides and flooding, and sparked evacuation advisories and travel chaos at a peak holiday period.

Three persons die and another is undergoing treatment in a critical condition after drinking liquor at Malipara in Chattogram city early, police have said.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will reportedly hold a “closed door” meeting to discuss India’s move to revoke Article 370, that had granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

The United States applies to seize an Iranian tanker in Gibraltar, halting its expected release at the last minute and preventing a possible swap for British-flagged tanker held by Iran.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain calls upon all to work together to materialise the dream of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for building the country as “Sonar Bangla”.

Russians hails a miracle after a passenger plane carrying 233 people made an emergency landing in a corn field on the outskirts of Moscow after striking a flock of birds shortly after take-off.