North Korea fires missiles for the third time in eight days, a series of launches that analysts say are designed to improve military capabilities and pressure the United States and South Korea as they seek to restart denuclearisation talks.

Six bomb blasts wound at least four people at three sites in Bangkok, as the Thai capital hosts a Southeast Asian security meeting with top diplomats from the United States, China and other world powers.

US President Donald Trump plays down what appeared to be North Korea’s third missile launch in just over week, saying they were short-range and “very standard” and would not affect his willingness to negotiate with Pyongyang.

US President Donald Trump vows to impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese imports from September 1, sharply escalating a bruising trade war between the world's largest economies and jolting financial markets.

Japan's cabinet approves a plan to remove South Korea from a list of countries that enjoy minimum export controls, a move likely to escalate tensions fuelled by a dispute over compensation for wartime forced labourers.

At least eight people including four women are killed and twenty others injured in a tragic road accident on Thakurgaon-Dhaka highway.

Scarcity of fresh drinking water is a major challenge for people living in the country’s hilly region, according to a Manusher Jonno Foundation commissioned report.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on August 1, 2019

The High Court issues a rule asking the authorities to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to provide safe internet for children and to block websites containing objectionable items like pornography, sexually explicit materials, and cruel and horror games.

The High Court directs the police not to harass or arrest four journalists of Feni in connection with nine criminal cases filed on charge of vandalism and subversive acts last year.

Rwandan authorities close the border with the Ebola-hit Congolese city of Goma for everyone other than Congolese citizens leaving Rwanda, as a third case was confirmed in Goma.

D Money Bangladesh Ltd announces that APAC Business Headlines Magazine has named it among the “10 Most Convenient Wallets to watch in 2019”.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the communal forces get active here in every August, the month of mourning when Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members was killed in 1975.

Observing that the existing medicine is not effective for eliminating Aedes mosquito, which causes dengue fever, the High Court directs the government to import effective medicine to kill the mosquito.

A minor boy has been "strangled to death" in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar.

Astha has launched an ethical superstore in Dhaka, Bangladesh where individuals and families can avail the numerous products that they need, all under one roof.

Locals have rescued a snake called “Common Sand Boa” or “rough-tailed Sand Boa” from a village in Bogura Sadar.

Leave of all officials of the shipping ministry and its three agencies is cancelled to ensure hassle-free journey of the holidaymakers through waterway.

Road Transport and Highway Division (RTHD) sets up a central control room in Dhaka to ensure smooth traffic for holidaymakers during the journey of Eid-ul-Azha.

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Inu) has called upon the government to form disaster management council to curb the dengue menace.