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

Stocks plunged to a five-month-low today at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).

Rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Khulna and Barisal divisions and the regions of Noakhali and Cumilla.

The High Court order for deploying policemen at mango orchards in Rajshahi region will remain effective. The order remains in force as the Supreme Court (SC) today refused to interfere in the directive delivered by the High Court.

Reuters wins two Pulitzer Prizes, one for revealing the massacre of 10 Muslim Rohingya men by Buddhist villagers and Myanmar security forces, and another for photographs of Central American migrants seeking refuge in the United States.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) finds negligence of the police, administration and madrasa management in the death of Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

From now on, only female magistrates will record statements of female and child victims of rapes and sexual harassment. The chief judicial magistrates and chief metropolitan magistrates have to assign female magistrates for recording statements of the victims.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses the need for a greater campaign to make people aware about taking nutritious and balanced diet for preventing diseases.

Transport movement of Dhaka-Aricha highway was disrupted for an hour after workers of multiple garment factories blocked a single lane of the highway demanding unpaid wages.

The Bangladesh government should thoroughly investigate the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and fairly prosecute all those responsible, Human Rights Watch says.

Two workers were killed and another injured after a gas cylinder exploded inside a factory in Chattogram city.

The High Court has asked transport authority to dispose of Suprobhat Paribahan’s bid to restore its route permit within the next 30 days.

Four people have been shot dead in Penticton, British Columbia, on Monday and a suspect is in custody, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement.

People charged with possessing or distributing the video of a gunman's deadly rampage at two New Zealand mosques last month have been getting death threats, local media reports.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrests another youth in connection with the murder of Feni madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

Water transport workers begin countrywide indefinite strike to press home their 11-point demand, causing huge sufferings to passengers.

A massive fire consume Notre-Dame Cathedral, gutting the roof of the Paris landmark and stunning France and the world, though firefighters saved the main bell towers and outer walls from collapse before bringing the blaze under control.

Notre-Dame Cathedral goes up in flames in a roaring blaze that devasted the Parisian landmark, one of France's most visited places.

An exceptional fair of dried-fish is being held in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria every year for the last two centuries, where barter system still exists.

A man is killed in a road incident in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.