Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have reached an agreement to end a five-month long trade dispute, officials say.

A 20-year-old man killed his father and then dumped his body into a river in Azmeriganj upazila of Habiganj, police say.

A mobile court hands a headmaster 30 days’ jail term for assisting a SSC examinee to cheat during the examination in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) has decided it won’t go for the much-talked uniform admission tests to enrol students. Rather it would enrol students through its own admission test like previous years.

Norwegian band A-ha’s classic 1985 music video for “Take On Me” garnered a special place in the music history after it crossed one billion views on YouTube, Billboard reported.

London would be ready to host the 2020 Olympics if the outbreak of the coronavirus forced the Games to be moved from Tokyo, Shaun Bailey, the Conservative candidate for mayor of the British capital, says.

The East-West Metro line in Kolkata opened on February 13 but city residents are mostly excited about the underwater part of the railway service which is yet to be launched.

The High Court has directed the authorities concerned to suspend Md Durul Huda, a teacher of Rajshahi University School and College, who allegedly sexually harassed a student in October last year.

Here are the news headlines so far on February 20, 2020

Silicon Valley has been mourning a pioneering computer scientist whose accomplishments included inventing the widely relied on "cut, copy and paste" command.

The Supreme Court has directed Grameenphone to pay Tk 1,000 crore to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) by Monday.

A mass signature programme is held in Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area demanding compensation for the families of the 71 victims of the devastating Chawkbazar fire.

Nearly 3,000 garments workers of a factory in Savar blocked a road for two and a half hours demanding arrears.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has distributed the prestigious Ekushey Padak-2020 among 20 eminent personalities and an organisation in recognition of their contributions to various fields.

Three alleged criminals are killed in alleged gunfights in Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur and Pabna town.

At least 19 people have been killed after a bus collided with a lorry near Tirupur district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

China has reported a big drop in new coronavirus cases, fuelling hopes the epidemic is nearing its peak, but Japan faced a growing crisis as two passengers from a quarantined cruise ship died.

At least nine people have been killed in shootings targeting shisha bars in Germany that sparked a huge manhunt overnight before the suspected gunman was found dead in his home.

Eight of the same family are hospitalised in Barguna’s Patharghata upazila, a day after one other member of their family died after exhibiting similar symptoms: fever, nausea and diarrhoea.

Yousef Kamara, a former gangster, hopes his journey to acclaim as a poet can offer an example to other wayward youths in Freetown.