A domestic flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines makes a "precautionary landing" around an hour after it took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Fourteen passengers were injured after an automated train in suburban Tokyo went in the wrong direction and crashed into a buffer stop, Japanese police said on Sunday (June 2).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives Helsinki on a five-day official visit to Finland, the third and final destination of her tri-nation tour.

Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain has demanded release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.

BNP selects GM Siraj as its candidate for the by-polls to Bogura-6 constituency.

Emirates Red Crescent Authority accumulates nearly US$ 18 million fund in a weeklong campaign to support livelihood of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh.

Two ready-made garments workers have been gang-raped in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj, police have said. Six youths were arrested for their alleged involvement in the incident, reports our Narayanganj correspondent quoting Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bandar Police Station.

Keeping the mission of developing the youth towards positive change, a round table conference on the upcoming budget is organised jointly by JCI Bangladesh and The Daily Samakal.

Popular rider-sharing service OBHAI will from now on ensure that its riders and users wear full-face helmets for protection as peoples’ safety and well-being come before anything else.

Most of the 300 militants caught since the Holey Artisan Bakery attack are now in hiding after securing bail, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has said.

Twitter Inc has apologised for suspending accounts critical of Chinese government policy days ahead of the 30th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on protesters at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, after an outcry among users.

At least 1,890 people have been killed and 3,543 others injured in road accidents in the first five months of this year.

Prominent playwriter, director and actor Momtazuddin Ahmed passes away.

Dear readers, here are the news headlines on June 2, 2019.

The schedule of three out of twenty-two intercity trains that left from Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station were delayed, says a railway official.

At least three workers are buried alive in a landslide near Kaptai Lake of Rangamati.

Three domestic flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have so far been delayed while another cancelled due to rough weather.

Sixteen people are killed and 25 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Sunamganj and Natore districts.

A juvenile pygmy elephant found injured in an oil palm plantation nearly two weeks ago is being treated by wildlife rangers and vets in Sabah's central Telupid district.

Operation of all types of water vessels from Dhaka’s Sadarghat to 43 routes of 22 southern districts resumes nearly two hours after its suspension.