HSC exams scheduled for April 17, 18, 22 under 8 general boards will be held on May 9, 11 and 12. Exams for May 4 and 6 will begin at 2:00pm instead of 10:00am.

A Dhaka court rejects the bail petitions of two owners of FR Tower and sends them to jail in connection with the case filed over the devastating fire that ripped through the high-rise building on March 28 killing 26 people.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto for upcoming parliamentary polls that says all trade movement with Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan will be conducted through integrated check-posts after completion of 14 more such check-posts by next four years.

Dear readers, here are the news headlines on Monday, April 8, 2019.

The female snake is longer than a one-story building is high, and weighs 140 pounds (64 kilograms).

A student of class five has allegedly been raped by her neighbour in Keshabpur upazila of Jashore district.

Stocks at Dhaka Stock Exchange continue to decline in the last two days, pushing the index to what it was before the national election.

Thirty-seven people believed to be Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar are found on a beach in northern Malaysia, police say, the latest arrivals in what authorities fear could be a new wave of people smuggling by sea.

China is taking a leading role in nuclear power construction, People's Daily reports.

Bangladesh’s secretariat has foolproof security in terms of fire hazard from electrical short circuit, Cabinet Secretary M Shafiul Alam says.

The High Court clears the way for the lower court concerned to continue trial proceedings of a corruption case against former BNP Law Minister Moudud Ahmed.

A Dhaka Court places the two owners of Wahed Mansion -- from where the deadly Chawkbazar fire originated -- on a seven-day remand each in a case filed over the deaths of 70 people.

A banana vendor is killed after a truck hit him at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar of Dhaka.

A stash of bullets has been found from a pond in Rajshahi’s Tanore upazila.

Good service is key in the hospitality business. While we may say service is synonymous with a human touch, good communication between service providers and the receiver is mandatory. Foreign language skills, particularly English, has become mandatory for those who directly interact and provide services to guests in hotels.

Bangladesh’s dominating mobile network operator Grameenphone has become the first operator to touch 1 crore 4G mobile internet users.

The Feni madrasa student, who was set on fire, says that a total of four people wearing headscarf, burqa and hand socks set her on fire.

Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) recover 200 gold bars weighing 23.4 kilogrammes from the toilets of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram.

Two victims who suffered burns during a “gas leak” explosion in Narayanganj’s Fatullah on Saturday have succumbed to their injuries.

Deadlock prevails at Chittagong University on the second day of strike by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists.