Export-import activities hit a snag as Chattogram port shut its activities for the approaching severe cyclonic storm Fani.

Lawmen claim arrest of 15 fraudsters from Dhaka, who used to swindle money from people through various activities.

The stock market investors will continue to enjoy the existing tax benefit in the upcoming 2019-20 fiscal year, says National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan.

Indian Railways have announced a special train to aid in evacuation of stranded tourists as cyclone Fani inches closer towards Odisha.

Bangladesh is preparing shelters and making post-disaster preparation for the severe cyclonic storm Fani which is likely to hit by tomorrow evening.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has suspended operations of all types of water vessels across the country due to cyclonic storm “Fani”, which is likely to hit Bangladesh’s coastal areas tomorrow.

India mounted its biggest-ever evacuation effort of pulling back an estimated 8,00,000 people from low-lying areas along the coast of the Bay of Bengal in Odisha as the severe cyclonic storm Fani is set to hit the eastern state tomorrow afternoon.

A man has been stabbed dead and another injured in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila for protesting verbal abuse hurled towards a rape victim.

The Asian Development Bank is considering to provide a grant of US$ 100 million to Bangladesh specially for the Rohingya refugees, ADB President Takehiko Nakao says.

Just days before his official coronation, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn marries the deputy head of his personal guard force and gave her the title Queen Suthida.

Separate road crashes in Bagerhat, Rajshahi and Dhaka’s outskirts Savar claim the lives of at least 7 people and injured 12 others this morning.

Britain’s parliament declares a symbolic climate change “emergency”, backing a call by opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for “rapid and dramatic action” to protect the environment for generations to come.

The severe cyclonic storm Fani will hit Bangladesh tomorrow, Bangladesh Meteorological Department says in its updated forecast. Warnings of surgical tides up to 5 feet high and wind speed of up to 180kmph is likely. Khulna region likely to be hit first; danger signal raised.

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman says the government has taken necessary preparations to combat the cyclonic storm “Fani”.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the administration of President Donald Trump is prepared to take military action to stem the crisis in Venezuela.

Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Masood Azhar is listed as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council, in a major diplomatic victory for India after China withdrew its objections.

A student of Chittagong University has been arrested on charge of raping a female student of the same university.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in prison by a British court for skipping bail when he holed up in Ecuador's London embassy for seven years until police dragged him out last month.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, who is now undergoing treatment in Singapore, will return home after two weeks.

Bangladesh’s capacity to implement large volumes of infrastructure projects will be the main stumbling block to realising the country’s growth ambitions, says a top official of the Asian Development Bank.