Sri Lanka is conducting investigations to find out whether some Saudi nationals were involved in the Easter Sunday attacks may need Saudi Arabian help to verify the identities of three persons who were here at the time of the April 21 blasts but left the country the following day.

Gas supply in and around Airport Road area of the capital is to remain suspended for eight hours.

Court has denied bail to former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain and sent him to jail on charges of illegally recording a sex assault victim.

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is preparing for a 40% to 60% decline in international smartphone shipments, Bloomberg reports.

Protesters clear out of Hong Kong’s streets, averting possible clashes with police, but stay near government headquarters to press their demands that the city’s leader resign and abandon an extradition bill that stoked fears of Beijing’s expanding control.

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Bangladesh Ambassador to Libya Sheikh Sekander Ali has urged stranded Bangladeshi migrants at Mediterranean to return home.

BNP lawmakers say that their joining at the parliament will not give legitimacy to the 11th parliament which was “formed through an unacceptable election”.

Apparel manufacturers and exporters demand three per cent cash incentive on export receipts in the budget for fiscal 2019-20.

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said the repression of women is a big hurdle to achieve the expected development of the country.

The Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges urge the government to allow black money in the stock market considering the recent slump.

A Manikganj court has placed a bus driver and his helper on three-day remand for an attempted rape of an expatriate woman.

Hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in central Hong Kong against a reviled extradition law, the latest huge demonstration to pile pressure on the city's embattled leader, despite her weekend climbdown.

A Chapainawabganj court has sentenced six members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to ten years' rigorous imprisonment in two separate cases.

Local Government Division minister Tazul Islam informs the parliament that around 6.46 lakh people are now living in around 3,394 slums in Dhaka.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the army to stand always beside the people by bestowing its leadership upon the competent and patriotic officers.

The High Court has found under-dealing in testing of food items and said it especially increased after the removal order of 52 substandard food items from the market last month.

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Former officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain is arrested from near High Court in the capital.

The Supreme Court cancels permanent bail to Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in a corruption case.