A British lawmaker, who chairs an all-party group on Kashmir, is denied entry to India after she criticised the government's decision to strip the disputed region Himalayan region of its constitutional autonomy.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on February 17, 2020

Forest officials in Bagerhat rescue a seven-foot python from a village in Sharankhola upazila.

Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited has discontinued gas supply to general hospital of Chattogram, putting around 200 patients in immense suffering.

A meeting of Awami League Parliamentary Party will be held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban tomorrow.

The law enforcers have arrested three staffers of a bus in connection with an incident of gang-rape on a running bus in Bhogra area of Gazipur.

Father of Buet student Abrar Fahad has filed an application to the authorities concerned for transferring his son’s murder case to the Speedy Trial Tribunal for quick disposal.

The High Court questions the government’s decision to not appoint 38 candidates who qualified the 39th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exams but were not recruited as assistant surgeons and assistant dental surgeons.

Jatiya Party nominates three candidates to contest the by-elections to Dhaka-10, Gaibandha-3 and Bagerhat-4 constituencies.

The High Court has issued status quo on recruitments of 1,650 deputy assistant agriculture officers -- whose exam results were published on January 17 this year -- for 30 days on charge of irregularities in applying quota system in the appointment process.

In order to inform people about the metro rail—a new mode of public transport in Bangladesh, a mock-up of the coach will be displayed.

An inter-ministerial body formed to resolve the dispute between the Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) and the Roads and Highway Department (RHD) over a proposed road through two reserve forests today decided against the project, reports our Chattogram correspondent.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) says radiation emitted by mobile phone towers is well below the World Health Organization’s (WHO) permissible limit and is not harmful to human health or the environment.

On Google Maps, borders are dynamic. In this case what we mean is on Google, world borders appear different, depending on where you are viewing them from.

China wants Myanmar to stop further violence in Rakhine state and prompt repatriation of the Rohingyas now living in Bangladesh, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on February 17, 2020

Three more bodies were recovered from Bay of Bengal between Sunday and this morning taking the death toll in the February 11 trawler capsize to 21 now.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ji Liming has advised not to bring back 172 Bangladeshi students in China’s Hubei Province as there is a risk of spreading coronavirus.

In a major boost to gender equality for the Indian military, their Supreme Court says women officers in the Army can get command and permanent commission on par with male officers.

India rejects an offer of mediation from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Jammu and Kashmir, saying the focus should instead be on making Pakistan vacate the territories that it has "illegally and forcibly occupied".