Human Rights Watch (HRW) expresses concern over the recent arrests made by Bangladesh authorities over social media posts.

All 32 eggs of Batagur baska, a critically endangered northern river terrapin, have hatched at Karamjal wildlife breeding centre in the Sundarbans in Bagerhat.

Private bus operators in Dhaka start selling advance tickets this morning for home-goers ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

Three members of a human trafficking syndicate have been arrested in connection with the boat capsize incident in the Mediterranean Sea on May 9, Rapid Action Battalion says.

US President Donald Trump tells his top advisers that he does not want to get the United States involved in a war with Iran.

Tunisian coastguard has recovered the bodies of two Bangladeshi nationals from the Mediterranean where an overcrowded boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia on May 9.

A mobile court of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) conducts an eviction and market monitoring drive at Farmgate, Indira Road and Karwan Bazar in Dhaka.

Indian troops and separatist militants clash in Indian-controlled Kashmir and five people are killed including a civilian, officials say, the latest casualties in a new phase of violence in the 30-year insurgency.

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on May 16, 2019

A Supreme Court lawyer files a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to form a special task-force to curb severe traffic jam in Dhaka.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines gets its fifth Boeing 737-800 aircraft making the total number or its aircraft to 14.

Amid widespread outcry over safe water, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Estimate recommends to split the Dhaka Wasa into two parts to ensure supply of safe and drinkable water for the city dwellers.

Bangladesh seeks China's strong support so that Myanmar moves in the right direction for resolving the Rohingya crisis.

A couple sustain critical burn injuries in a fire believed to have been originated from an “explosion” at their residence in Dhaka’s Agargaon area.

A tribunal in Dhaka sentences two kidnappers to death and eight others to life in jail in a case filed for kidnapping Abir, an eight-year-old boy, for a ransom of Tk10 crore in May 2015.

The Maldives seeks information from Bangladesh on the findings of the investigation into the death of Maldivian model and medical student Raudha Athif.

The Norwegian government signs an agreement with UNDP for the period 2019-2021, aimed at fostering harmony in Rohingya camps and host communities in Cox’s Bazar.

The High Court orders Bangladesh Bank authorities to submit a list of borrowers with more than Tk 1 crore in default loans by June 24.

Authorities in six countries have dismantled a cybercrime network that used malware to steal money to order for individual clients, fleecing businesses and financial institutions of an estimated $100 million, Europe's police agency says.

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) cancels the licence of two more products of two companies those were found substandard.