Several airlines, including Emirates and Qatar Airways, suspend flights to Pakistan after the South Asian nation closes its air space following heightened tensions with neighbouring India.

Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway remains suspended for five hours as locals blocked the road in Uttara of Dhaka following the death of a minor boy in Dakshin Khan area.

All scheduled banks and non-banking financial institutions in the capital will remain closed tomorrow for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-polls.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says that the passenger bus will be allowed to ply the main roads in the electoral area during tomorrow’s by-election to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).

The High Court rejects a bail petition of Bogura town Sramik League convener Tufan Sarker in a case filed for abducting and raping a female student and torturing her mother in July, 2017.

A Dhaka court fixes March 18 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 16 others in connection with the Gatco graft case.

Telecom and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar has urged the Facebook authority to establish an office in Dhaka to run their smooth business in Bangladesh.

Several thousand birds, mostly migratory birds, are killed in 'Anurima Eco Park' in Narail’s Kalia upazila as hailstorm coupled with rain ripped through the country in last few days.

Pakistan and India say they have shot down each other's warplanes, in a dramatically escalating confrontation that has fuelled concerns of a catastrophic conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan called for talks with India and hoped "better sense" would prevail to de-escalate the dispute with its nuclear-armed neighbour following air strikes by both sides.

US President Donald Trump touted North Korea's "AWESOME" future if his "friend" Kim Jong Un, whom he meets for a high-stakes dinner later, agrees to give up his nuclear arsenal.

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on February 27, 2019

Videos which have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Facebook and YouTube, and published by mainstream media in both India and Pakistan, show military jets flying at night and dropping what appear to be bombs.

The High Court issues a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why they should not be directed to demolish the structures constructed beyond the plan at Hatirjheel-Begunbari project.

The chemical substances of Old Dhaka may be relocated to the capital’s Kadamtoli and Gazipur’s Tongi.

The “hijacked” plane of Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume flights within 10 days, Civil Aviation Secretary Mohibul Haque said today. Talking to The Daily Star, the secretary said the Boeing 737-800 sustained two bullet hits and a damaged switchboard during the “hijacking”.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia files a petition with the High Court (HC) seeking bail in a case filed over the death of eight people, who were killed in an arson attack in 2015.

Hundreds of hawkers stage a demonstration in Dhaka to press home their demands including rehabilitation before their eviction from footpaths.

India’s new high commissioner to Bangladesh, Riva Ganguly Das will be arriving in Dhaka on March 1 to take up her assignment.

Pakistan shot down two Indian jets, a spokesman for the Pakistan armed forces claims, a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a war in 1971, prompting leading powers to urge the nuclear armed rivals to show restraint.