Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) launches a cleanliness campaign in the offices of its all units and adjacent areas in Dhaka to control the dengue outbreak.

Scientists of Atomic Energy Research Establishment under the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) have developed an effective method of controlling aedes mosquitoes which transmits dengue virus.

Two people including a child have died of dengue fever in Madaripur and Faridpur.

Dengue cases are still surging across the country as 1,649 more new people are hospitalised with the mosquito-borne deadly virus in 24 hours till 8:00 am on Saturday.

Former vice president of Maldives Ahmed Adheeb Abdul Ghafoor, who had sought political asylum in India, has been sent back to his home country, police say.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on August 3, 2019

At least 29 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims have died so far from different health complications in Saudi Arabia since July 4.

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) has cancelled leave of officials and staff of all city corporations and municipalities across the country to prevent the dengue outbreak.

Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity Chairman Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, also known as Santu Larma, says that the human rights situation in the country has reached an alarming stage for the people of the indigenous communities.

​Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader alleges that BNP is doing politics with the ongoing dengue outbreak across the country.

Jatiya Party (JP) urges the government to make a permanent list of flood-affected people to distribute relief materials among them every year.

President Donald Trump drops his choice of John Ratcliffe to be US spy chief after questions arose about the congressman's lack of experience and possible exaggerations in his resume, marking the latest upheaval over a top national security post.

Authorities say a small plane landed on a busy stretch of road in Washington state, stunning drivers but hurting no one.

San Francisco International Airport is banning the sale of single-use plastic water bottles.

One suspected drug peddler and three “robbers” have been killed in separate “gunfights” in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

India's parliament passes a "historic" law to guarantee a minimum wage to hundreds of millions of workers, but labour activists say it has not gone far enough to protect those in the informal sector.

Hello dear readers! How was your day? Here are the news headlines on August 2, 2019

Bangladesh has sought comprehensive engagement of the international community, particularly Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in creating a conducive environment in northern Rakhine state and help repatriation and reintegration of the Rohingya refugees.

Two pregnant women have died of dengue fever during treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members claim to have arrested six members of a fraud gang from different parts of Dhaka.