Police have arrested a house tutor for allegedly attempting to rape a fourth grader in Manikganj Sadar upazila.

A Nepal-bound flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has returned back to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka soon after it took off this morning as the runway of Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu has been suspended following a “runway excursion” of an aircraft during landing.

The overall flood situation in Lalmonirhat district worsens with around half lakh people marooned by floodwater from Teesta and Dharla rivers.

Turkey has received the first batch of Russia's S-400 missile defence system in a move expected to raise tensions with the United States, which has repeatedly warned against the purchase.

Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid appoints Imran Ahmed, Awami League lawmaker of Sylhet-4 constituency, as minister and Begum Fazilatun Nessa, woman MP from reserved seat-23, as state minister.

The physical condition of ailing Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who is undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka, has remained unchanged, says his brother GM Quader.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on July 12, 2019

Tribhuvan International Airport was shut down after a Yeti Airlines aircraft suffered a “runway excursion” during landing, airport officials say.

Rumana Rashid Ishita rose to fame with her award-winning performances in ‘Notun Kuri’, a talent hunt reality show for child artists aired on ‘Bangladesh Television’.

President Donald Trump unloads via Twitter on former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan, calling him a “lame duck failure.”

Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Bangladesh Police has arrested an alleged member of banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir from Wari area in Dhaka.

A heavy rainfall inundates many areas of the capital Dhaka in knee-deep water, causing immense suffering to the city dwellers.

Bodies of three fishermen are recovered from Cox’s Bazar sea beach, raising the death toll in fishing trawler capsize to ten.

Over 200 houses and other establishments went into the gorge of the Jamuna River in the last two weeks as erosion by the mighty river has taken a serious turn in Shibalaya and Daulatpur upazilas due to the onrush of water from the upstream.

The World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have approved $100 million each to increase access to improved water supply and sanitation system in 30 municipalities in Bangladesh as well as to help build their capacities for delivering water and sanitation services.

Four persons including the key accused in a case filed over killing of a school boy in Gazipur were arrested, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) says.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested four persons for allegedly spreading rumour on social media over Padma Bridge construction.

Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) launches its sixth Youth Leadership Summit on July 11, 2019, at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in Dhaka.

Monaram Das, lone son of martyred Freedom Fighter Bocharam Das, and his family of five members are crying for livelihood, living in a small house of government’s Sonapukur Abasan at Daikhowa village of Lalmonirhat’s Hatibandha.

An unidentified criminal injures a security guard with a knife and attempts to rob the Rupali Bank at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology.