Arvind Kejriwal, who spearheaded Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to a remarkable victory in Delhi assembly election decimating the Bharatiya Janata Party, will take oath as the chief minister on February 16 for a third consecutive term.

Early childhood development and education of the girl child are some of the top priorities of UNICEF for the current year, says Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN and president of UNICEF’s executive board for 2020.

The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is USD 8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of the world's GDP, an environmental research group has said.

The High Court has said vehicles without valid fitness documents will not be allowed to ply the roads in Bangladesh.

Another Rohingya man has been rescued from the sea near St Martin’s Island, after around 24 hours of the trawler capsize incident that left 15 Rohingyas dead early yesterday.

Four people survived a month adrift in the Pacific by eating coconuts and drinking rainwater in an ordeal that claimed the lives of eight of their companions, including a baby, reports said today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will illuminate every house across the country within ‘Mujib Borsho’ (Mujib Year), by bringing everyone under electricity coverage.

An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker is killed after some unidentified people opened fire at AAP MLA Naresh Yadav’s convoy in southwest Delhi’s Kishangarh village.

A further 39 people on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the Japan coast have tested positive for the new coronavirus, authorities say, as thousands more steel themselves for a second week in quarantine.

Bernie Sanders narrowly wins New Hampshire’s Democratic presidential primary, solidifying his front-runner status in the nominating race and dealing a setback to moderate rival Joe Biden, who appeared likely to finish a disappointing fifth.

Wildlife traffickers not only threaten these species with extinction, but also are supplying a direct threat to wider human populations, according to a report titled “Wildlife Trafficking in Asia: Evolution, Trajectory and Ways to Stop it” by Freeland, a counter-trafficking organisation.

Two more people in Singapore, including another Bangladeshi worker, have been infected with coronavirus, The Straits Times reports.

The World Health Organization (WHO) urges global unity to prevent “far more cases and far higher costs” from coronavirus disease -- now officially named COVID-19.

From a group of people actively participating in discussions on social media on topics ranging from social and policy-related issues, to turning it into a forum to bring about change, the Youth Policy Forum has indeed come quite far.

At least 28, 832 posts for headmasters and assistant teachers remain vacant in different primary schools as of December 2019, the State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain today said in the parliament.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on February 11, 2020

A five-year-old boy is burned alive during a freak accident at Debiganj in Panchagarh.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sister Selima Islam has made a humanitarian call to the government for releasing the party chief, paving the way for her advanced treatment.

Jaima Newaz Tisha, a child who lost the toes on her right leg after a launch, MV Yead, hit her at Fatullah launch terminal on December 2017, has received Tk 3 lakh for treatment from the owner of the launch.

A Dhaka court takes cognizance of the charges against five people in a case filed over forgery in the design of FR Tower located in the capital’s Banani area.