Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed claims that the second phase of the upazila parishad election was held in a free, fair and peaceful manner.

Six people including election officials and Ansar members are shot dead by criminals in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati, police say.

An individual family member of Bangladeshi victims fallen at the acts of terror at Christchurch in New Zealand can now apply for urgent visa to bring the bodies back.

A private company declares to launch state of the art IPTV (Internet Protocol television) service in the country as the first company from Pohela Boishakh, first day of the first day of Bengali calendar.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder terms the prevailing electoral atmosphere as an ominous sign for the democracy and underscored the need for reform to the overall electoral process.

At least 89 people have died in Zimbabwe after Cyclone Idai tore across the eastern and southern parts of the country, a government official says, creating a humanitarian crisis in a nation grappling with economic woes and a drought.

At least three people are killed and nine others injured in a shooting in a tram in the central Dutch city of Utrecht, the mayor says.

"Egg Boy" is going to donate most of the money raised for him towards the victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks.

Some New Zealand companies are weighing whether to advertise on social media, as two industry groups urged them not to in the wake of last week’s mass shooting in Christchurch that was livestreamed on Facebook and redistributed on other platforms.

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on March 18 2019

New Zealand's cabinet agrees measures to tighten gun control laws "in principle", just days after a deadly mass shooting killed more than 50 people.

Stocks at Dhaka’s premier bourse plummet to a two-and-half month low.

Sixteen-year-old Kefayat Ullah walks to his school in southern Bangladesh in late January, as he has done most days for the previous six years, to find that - despite being one of the top students in his class - he was expelled.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau have called upon the global community to act together to stamp out terrorism as they talked over phone this morning.

The deputy executive editor-in-chief of Sin Chew Daily Tai Siew Kim is killed in a landslide caused by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in Lombok Island of Indonesia.

A mobile court fines seven people for allegedly attempting to cast fake votes at a voting centre in Companyganj upazila of Sylhet during the second phase election to 116 upazila parishad.

A Dhaka court defers till April 17 the hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 16 others in Gatco graft case as she was not produced before it due to her illness.

A Christchurch gun shop acknowledges selling guns online to the 28-year-old white supremacist accused of killing 50 people in mosque shootings that have upturned New Zealand’s reputation as among the world’s most tolerant and safe nations.

The agitating students are to continue their demonstration on Dhaka University campus until their demand for re-election to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) is met.

UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Volker Turkhas has laid emphasis on safe and dignified return of Rohingya people to their place of origin in Myanmar with full restoration of their rights.