Over two dozen people were killed in a severe thunderstorm that swept through parts of southern Nepal and hundreds more were injured, police and officials say.

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations 2019 begin across the country amid tough measures taken to check question paper leakage.

The High Court issues an injunction restraining the authorities concerned from earth filling in a water retention pond at Uttara area in Dhaka for next six months.

Election Commissioner (EC) Mahbub Talukder says a free and fair upazila parishad election will be a far cry if it is not freed from the clutch of local lawmakers.

China’s state council says that China will continue to suspend additional tariffs on US vehicles and auto parts after April 1, in a goodwill gesture to the US decision to delay tariff hikes on Chinese imports.

Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rejaul Karim says a total of 24 teams will begin inspecting overall conditions including fire safety measures of multi-storey buildings in Dhaka from April 1.

Traders of the market of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) are selling off their salvaged goods at a cheaper price after the fire incident on March 30.

At least three persons died after this season’s first nor’wester lashed capital Dhaka. Locally known as Kalbaishakhi, the nor’wester stirred up around 6:00pm with gusts of wind and a heavy thundershower – felling trees and causing power outages.

Four Rohingya people including three women are detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka while attempting to fly to Indonesia.

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations of 2019 will begin tomorrow under 10 education boards across the country.

Launch and ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River have been suspended due to bad weather.

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg calls for governments to play a "more active role" in regulating the internet, urging more countries to adopt versions of sweeping European rules aimed at safeguarding user privacy.

The Supreme Court stays till April 7 a High Court order that granted six-month interim bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Cumilla murder case.

Expressing her government’s firm stance to bring down the interest rate of bank loan to a single digit, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government will take measures again to reduce the interest rate for the sake of the country’s industrialisation.

Dear readers, here are the news headlines on Sunday, March 31, 2019.

The High Court questions the legality of a provision of Police Regulation, which imposes a condition of being unmarried and having high social status for applying to the post of sub-inspector (SI).

Police, during a drive, seize a huge amount of medicines stored illegally inside an apartment in Bogura town.

Cities around the world mark Earth Hour on Saturday by turning off lights at 8:30pm local time in a call for global action on climate change.

European lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday for an EU-wide ban on single-use plastic products such as the straws, cutlery and cotton buds that are clogging the world's oceans.

Incidents of fire are rising rapidly all over Bangladesh. After analysing the data provided by Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence, a rising trend in the fire related incidents are seen starting from 2006 to 2018.