The High Court expresses dissatisfaction as committee for preventing sexual harassment is not formed at all educational institutions and workplaces across the country in line with its 2009 directives.

Terming the claim of Islamic State (IS) presence in Bangladesh a part of an international conspiracy, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan categorically says there is no existence of IS group in the country.

Biman Bangladesh Airline’s total management will be overhauled within next two months and the national flag carrier will no more become a losing concern, Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry Secretary Mohibul Haque says.

Workers at Burn and Plastic Surgery at Dhaka Medical College Hospital continue their sit-in programme and work abstention for the second consecutive day.

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex and wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, gave birth to a boy, Harry announces.

The Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, will begin in the country from tomorrow as the new moon is sighted in Bangladesh sky.

Jatiya Party (JP) Acting Chairman GM Quader says that he wants to bring a qualitative change in the party politics instead of establishing the reign of totalitarianism.

The High Court summons the investigation officer (IO) of a murder case in Bagerhat to appear before it on May 16 for not complying with its order over producing the inquest and post mortem reports of the case to this court.

Declaring television news and headlines sponsored by commercial organisations illegal, the High Court directs authorities of all TV channels not to broadcast such news and headlines after August 31 this year.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia claims that 98 per cent terrorist incidents have been foiled by the law enforcers in the country.

Fifty-five people die when a tanker truck explodes near the international airport of Niger's capital Niamey overnight, an interior ministry spokesman says.

Humanity is rapidly destroying the natural world upon which our prosperity -- and ultimately our survival -- depends, according to a landmark UN assessment of the state of Nature.

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) fixes the prices of beef at Tk 525 and buffalo at Tk 480 for the holy Ramadan, which are Tk 75 and Tk 60 higher respectively than the last year’s prices.

Dear readers, here are the news headlines so far on Monday, May 6, 2019.

An Academic Council Meeting of Canadian University of Bangladesh is held at the university auditorium.

A Dhaka Court grants bail to SMHI Faruque, the land owner of FR Tower in Banani, in connection with a case filed over the fire at the high-rise building that killed 26 people on March 28.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in London on an official visit, greets the students who succeeded in the SSC and equivalent examinations this year along with their guardians and teachers.

Journalists will hold a sit-in programme across the country on May 15 to put pressure on the government for implementing their four-point demand including issuance of gazette notification for the ninth wage board before Eid-ul-Fitr.

A rights group serves a legal notice to authorities concerned asking them to seize or withdraw the substandard food products from the market in Bangladesh immediately.

Girls have outshined boys in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent results, securing higher pass rates and more GPA 5.