Citizens have now demanded testing of Wasa water amid criticism over the company’s claim of supplying “100 per cent drinkable water”.

Over 600 posts on popular social media platforms Facebook and Twitter are removed or disabled on requests from the Election Commission of India during the first three phases of the country’s parliamentary elections.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she has not seen a shred of evidence to support claims the Easter Sunday massacres in Sri Lanka were a retaliation to the Christchurch mosque attacks.

BNP MP-elect Jahidur Rahman Jahid says he voluntarily took oath as lawmaker knowing that his party might expel him for acting beyond its decision.

A new intercity train service connecting Dhaka and Rajshahi has begun with an aim to boost rail connectivity with the northern district.

Senior editors and journalists attend the annual board meeting of the Asia News Network (ANN), an alliance of 23 leading English-language newspapers of Asia, in Seoul of South Korea.

An Indian High Court has lifted its ban on Chinese social media app TikTok with the condition that the platform should not be used to host obscene videos.

A youth is believed to have set himself on fire and died in Savar, at the outskirts of Dhaka city.

Sri Lankan authorities lock down the central bank and the road leading to the jittery capital's airport was shut briefly by a bomb scare as more people are swept up in the search for those behind Easter Sunday bombings that killed 359.

Road transport workers in Rangpur calls off their indefinite strike following assurance of administration to meet their demands including compensation to the family of driver Jala, who was beaten to death in Chattogram Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin tells North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he supports ongoing efforts to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula and wants to boost economic ties.

Four brick kiln workers are killed and two others injured when a wood-laden truck ploughed through a house at Islampur in Rangunia upazila.

As mourners buried the remains of Christian worshippers killed by the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, hundreds of Muslim refugees fled Negombo on the country's west coast where communal tensions have flared in recent days.

The Supreme Court upholds its earlier verdict that had directed the authorities concerned to restore the wetland of Savar where Modhumoti Model Town has developed its housing project.

Road transport workers in Rangpur have called an indefinite strike in eight districts under Rangpur division from tomorrow morning to protest the “killing” of a bus driver in Chattogram yesterday.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary directs all units of police to step up security measures and intelligence surveillance to prevent any untoward incident ahead of the upcoming May Day, Ramadan and holy Eid-ul-Fitr.

Two smartphones of actress Shomi Kaiser are stolen from a programme at Jatiya Press Club.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid categorically tells parliament that no household gas connection will be provided in the future.

Bangladesh and the United Kingdom reiterate their long-term commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in parliament urges people to remain alert and inform law enforcement agencies instantly about any suspicious terror and militant activities in their respective areas.