Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists and Dhaka Union of Journalists protest Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh’s (NOAB) recent statement on the 9th Newspaper Wage Board proposal, saying such statement will create a “hostile relation” between owners and media workers.

The government’s move to implement the new VAT law without rebate facility for reduced rates will hurt consumers because of price spike of many goods and services, analysts say.

Gonoforum rejects the proposed national budget for 2019-20 fiscal terming it as frustrating and anti-people.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the proposed budget for fiscal 2019-20 is pro-people and there is no negativity in it.

A suspected drug trader is killed in a “gunfight” with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the Special Security Force (SSF) personnel to be equipped with the knowledge and training over new technologies to thwart the constantly-changing pattern of crimes.

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

Police are going to knock every house in the capital throughout this week to update citizen information as part of its preventive measures to avert threats of militant attacks.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) urges the government to manage fund from other sources rather than banking channel to finance the deficit financing in 2019-20 fiscal.

President M Abdul Hamid has solicited support and cooperation from Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) partners to repatriate the forcibly displaced Rohingya people to their ancestral homeland in Myanmar with safety and dignity.

Terming the border killings “unfortunate deaths”, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Rajni Kant Mishra today said such incidents have increased this year.

At least 298 people were killed and 860 injured in accidents on roads and highways and rail and water ways while travelling during the Eid-ul-Fitr festival, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity says.

Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi, world leader in fitness trackers, has presented the new generation of its Mi Band smart bracelet. Now boasting a colour screen, it's expected to arrive in Europe in the summer of 2019.

Cyclone Vayu will change its path again and is likely to hit Gujarat’s Kutch on June 17-18, a top official of the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences has said.

Maoists shot dead five policemen and took away their firearms in an ambush in the eastern state of Jharkhand in India on Friday, officials said.

Mediterranean countries say they have taken a key step towards finding out the fate of thousands of migrants -- many fleeing Syria's war -- who have gone missing while trying to reach Europe.

The High Commission of India in Dhaka arranges a cycle rally to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Dhaka dwellers welcomed the first day of monsoon today with light showers and thunderbolts. Today is the first day of Bangla month Ashar, and the welcome rain offered city dwellers a big relief from the scorching heat.

Ads featuring "harmful gender stereotypes" which are likely to cause offence will be banned in Britain under new rules that could have a major impact on the industry.

The blasts detonated far from the bustling megacities of Asia, but the attack this week on two tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz hits at the heart of the region’s oil import-dependent economies.