The parliament unanimously adopts a condolence motion expressing deep shock at the death of ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdul Mannan from Bogura-1 constituency.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says more development initiatives alongside the existing 10 mega ones should be incorporated as fast track projects as she chaired a meeting to review their work progress.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on January 19, 2020

China has reaffirmed its willingness to provide further support, within its capacity, to Myanmar in the Rohingya repatriation process and resettlement of the displaced people from Rakhine state.

The revised routine for Secondary School Certificate (SSC) has been published. As per the new schedule, the first examination -- Bangla 1st paper -- will begin at 10:00am on February 3.

A morbidly obese Islamic State (IS) leader, often dubbed as “Jabba the Jihadi”, has been captured by Iraqi forces.

A total of 3,13,848 posts are currently vacant under different ministries, says State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain.

The bodies of the 11 Ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by Iran this month are brought back to Ukraine in a solemn ceremony at Kiev airport.

The country’s premier bourse posts its highest single-day point rise in the history of its new premier index, led by gains across almost all the sectors as investors were fueled by the government’s policy support.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Bangladesh High Commission in Singapore to extend full support for the treatment of legendary playback singer Andrew Kishore.

The verdict in a case -- filed over bomb blasts at a CPB rally in 2001 -- against 12 members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) will be delivered tomorrow.

The Supreme Court has stayed a High Court (HC) verdict that declared illegal keeping government employees as “officer on special duty” (OSD) for more than 150 days.

The High Court orders the law enforcers not to harass or arrest Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman and five others until the hearing of the bail petitions in a case filed over the death of Naimul Abrar Rahat, a student of Dhaka Residential Model College.

The month-long Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela 2020 is postponed by a day as the Election Commission shifted the date of Dhaka North and South city corporation elections to February 1.

A Dhaka court accepts the charge sheet pressed by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) against four people in 30-year-old Sagira Morshed murder case.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on January 19, 2020

Bill Clinton's 1999 impeachment trial lasted five weeks; Andrew Johnson's went on for three months in 1868.

The throat-slit body of a ninth grader has been recovered in Haziganj upazila of Chandpur.

The High Court has asked the government to form an expert committee to determine the process and feasibility of importing anti-rape safety devices.

Another 224 Bangladeshi workers have been deported by Saudi Arabia although many of them claimed to have legal documents.