The Bengaluru police arrest four employees of a private IT company for allegedly kidnapping their boss for not paying salaries for several months.

Voting starts across 91 constituencies spread over 20 states in the first phase of India’s marathon seven-phase parliamentary elections with an estimated 142 million people eligible to exercise their franchise.

European Union leaders gave Britain six more months to leave the bloc, more than Prime Minister Theresa May says she needs but less than many in the bloc wanted, thanks to fierce resistance from France.

Hello dear readers! How was your day? Here are the news headlines on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.

The madrasa student from Feni, who was set on fire on April 6, succumbs to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

A Dhaka court sentences six robbers to life imprisonment for looting a car and various valuable goods worth Tk 21 lakh of Supreme Court lawyer Golam Kibria in March 2014.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) catches an office assistant of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) over demanding bribe for trade licence from a businessman.

Bangladesh High Commission in London awards 86 Bangladeshi-British students, who achieved highest grades in the UK’s GCSE and A levels examinations in 2018.

Religious Affairs Ministry has issued show cause notices to 103 hajj agencies for poor arrangement and renting hotels for hajis far away from the Kaba Sharif in Makkah last year.

A mentally challenged teenage girl is allegedly raped in Daulatpur upazila of Manikganj.

The Election Commission has taken a plan to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in at least 150 out of the 300 constituencies in the next 12th parliamentary elections, EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed says.

The High Court summons the judge of Chapainawabganj’s Nari O Shishu Nirjaton Daman Tribunal-1 to appear before it on April 24 for not complying with its (HC) order over finishing the trial proceedings of a case filed for rape and murder of a woman.

Male students of different departments of Dhaka University bring out a procession on the university campus wearing Bangladeshi traditional dress Lungi, demanding wider acceptance for it. Watch the Star Live video to know more.

An international scientific team announces a milestone in astrophysics - the first-ever photo of a black hole - using a global network of telescopes to gain insight into celestial objects with gravitational fields so strong no matter or light can escape.

A tribunal in Dhaka acquits Shafiur Rahman Farabi, who had issued repeated death threats to writer-blogger Avijit Roy before his death, in a case filed under the ICT case.

Samajtantrik Mohila Forum, a left-leaning women's organisation, stages a protest rally in Dhaka demanding justice to Sonagazi madrasa student, who was set afire four days ago.

More non-government educational institutions will be brought under the purview of Monthly Pay Order (MPO) facility by a month, Education Minister Dipu Moni says.

The whole public bus transportation system for the Dhaka city and the peripheral areas will be brought under six companies, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon says.

Barishal University authorities have dismissed its registrar Monirul Islam from his service for “sexually harassing” a girl.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan reportedly backs Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a second term stating that his coming to power will help solve the Kashmir situation.