Dear readers, here are the news headlines on Monday, April 1, 2019.

The High Court directs the authorities concerned to submit a detailed report on fire safety measures at the high-rise buildings in Dhaka city.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged New Zealand to provide a “fair, transparent, convenient” investment environment in a meeting today with the country’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, that comes amid a dispute over use of Chinese telecoms equipment.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issues a set of directives including introduction of yearly clearance certificate by the Fire Service and Civil Defence Department for high-rise buildings like industries and following building code strictly to check fire incidents.

The next hearing in Niko corruption case has been set for April 10.

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) launches a two-day survey in Dhaka to find out buildings constructed flouting the building codes.

New Zealand’s government on Monday introduced a bill it plans to rush into law that would ban the types of weapons a gunman used to kill 50 people at two mosques.

Ex-Awami League lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana’s bail has been upheld at the Supreme Court in freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.

Local people found another Nilgai, the largest antelope in Asia that was believed to be extinct, in Patnitola upazila of Naogaon.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department forecast rain and thundershowers with temporary gusts in all the seven divisions of the country in the next 24 hours.

Over 6,500 mobile network towers went offline across Bangladesh after yesterday’s nor’wester that wreaked havoc in Dhaka, insiders say.

The body of a female Ansar member was recovered, a day after a trawler capsized in Meghna river during a storm.

Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed outside his clothing store in south Los Angeles, media reports say.

A Tokyo restaurant is honouring the crowning of the new Japanese emperor next month with a football-sized wagyu beef hamburger served between gold-dusted buns -- at an eye-watering cost of $900.

India has successfully launched its low-earth orbit satellite with 28 other nano-satellites of other countries from a spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.

A Vietnamese woman who is the only suspect in custody for the killing of the North Korean leader’s brother pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in a Malaysian court on Monday and her lawyer said she could be freed as early as next month.

A medical board starts providing necessary treatment to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), an hour after she was admitted to hospital.

A plane crashes in Germany killing three people, police say, as one of Russia's richest women has been identified by the company she co-owns as among the victims.

Japan's new imperial era when Crown Prince Naruhito becomes emperor on May 1 will be called Reiwa, the government says, with the country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saying it emphasized traditional values at a turning point in Japan's history.

China’s birthrate has been on a decline over the past few years, and now the number of people tying the proverbial knot is also heading lower.