Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) Director General (DG) Shah Alamgir passes away at the age of 62 while being treated at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka.

India puts its Border Security Force (BSF) on alert at the Bangladesh border as tension is roiling in the region due to an ongoing India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir.

Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is focused on de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan and urged them both to avoid further military action, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, without saying if he had spoken with his counterparts from either nation.

Atiqul Islam, Awami League’s candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral by-election, calls upon all the voters to exercise their franchise.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he is willing to give up his nuclear weapons and he would not be holding a second summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam if he were not.

The bodies of two children are recovered from a water-filled ditch in Bhasantek of Mirpur after a fire gutted hundreds of shanties at a nearby slum.

Voting in the two Dhaka city elections concludes amid low voter turnout in centres.

The Department of Narcotics Control claimed to have busted a narcotics manufacturing laboratory and seized a consignment of two types of new drugs, including crystal methamphetamine, from the capital's Jhigatola area yesterday.

A suspected drug dealer was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Paltan area of the capital early yesterday.

The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday offered citizenship to Rohingya refugees, reiterating his willingness to accept them into the country.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump meet in Hanoi for their second summit, with the US president saying he was not walking back on US demands for North Korea's denuclearisation.

The government is going to introduce a digital system to improve the capital's traffic management, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament yesterday.

A Supreme Court lawyer files a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the authorities concerned to stop use of “perverse expressions" in the advertisements of Coca-Cola.

President Abdul Hamid asks the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) to recommend qualified candidates for jobs.

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Law Minister Anisul Huq says the bill on the anti-discrimination law will be passed in the next session of parliament if it cannot be passed in the current session.

BRAC, a Bangladesh-based non-government organisation, has been ranked the top NGO in the world in 2019.

The government will strengthen market monitoring activities to keep prices of daily essentials stable during the month of Ramadan, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi says the parliament.

Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC) publishes the result of its 12th Bangladesh Judicial Service (BJS) examination after completing relevant process including preliminary, written and viva voce.

A rightful owner of land will be able to collect the copy of his RS (Revisional Survey) Khatiyan (Record of Rights) through online, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury says.