A Dhaka court sends two owners of the Wahed Mansion, from where the deadly Chawkbazar fire originated, to jail in a case filed over the deaths of 70 people.

A Dhaka University student has been beaten up allegedly by some Bangladesh Chhatra League men for contesting as an independent general secretary aspirant in the election to Salimullah Muslim Hall unit students’ council.

Shouhardo Paribahan, the direct bus service between Kolkata and Dhaka, comes to a halt, much to the frustration of passengers across the borders.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s physical condition has improved, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University’s (BSMMU) director has said.

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on April 2, 2019

Rapid Action Battalion claims to have arrested three members of a drug dealing syndicate with eight lakh pieces of yaba in Dhaka.

Alphabet Inc’s Google South East Asia and India Vice-President Rajan Anandan will leave the firm at the end of April, Google Asia Pacific President Scott Beaumont says.

Let’s not forget the people who lost their lives in Thursday’s Banani FR Tower fire. Six women and 20 men, who became victims of the horrific blaze in a single incident, should remind us of our collective responsibilities to prevent such disaster.

Two Bangladeshis have been named in the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list of 2019. The two Bangladeshis are Pathao Cofounder Hussain Elius and Cartoonist at Morshed Mishu's Illustration Morshed Abdulla Al.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announces that the government would arrange allowances for all the differently able people from the next budget.

Three persons turn up dead in the Padma river after going missing from Manikganj during trawler capsize in a nor’wester two days ago.

New Zealand lawmakers today voted overwhelmingly in favor of new gun restrictions during the first stage of a bill they hope to rush into law by the end of next week.

Three Pakistan Army soldiers have been killed and one injured in Rakhchikri sector of Rawalkot as Indian Army retaliated strongly to unprovoked shelling by Pakistani troops in Poonch of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir that had on Monday claimed three lives, including a 5-years old girl.

NASA says the creation of orbital debris has led to new dangers for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

BRTC drivers and staff of 18 depots across the country form a human chain in front of Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka to press home their ten-point demand including payment of their arrear and nationalisation of their job.

Gonoforum's lawmaker Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2) is sworn in, following the footsteps of Sultan Mohammad Mansur.

Jute mill workers have blockaded railways and roads across Bangladesh in strike over a set of demands including formation of a wage commission. The 4-hour blockade on railways and roads will be enforced everyday during their 72-hour strike, they say.

Aides to Joe Biden are striking a more aggressive tone as the former vice president faces scrutiny over his past behavior toward women.

Police conduct a raid at floating restaurant Mary Anderson Restaurant and Bar in Buriganga river and arrest 70 people along with huge quantities of liquor.

Two weeks after a suicide bombing in Kashmir in February killed 40 Indian policemen, a Facebook user called Avi Dandiya posted a live video in which he played a recording of a call purportedly involving India's home minister, the president of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and an unidentified woman.