The government completes all necessary measures to launch the e-passport project and automated border control systems or eGates on January 22.

A camera person of a private TV channel is assaulted reportedly by ruling party activists on the premises of a Dhaka court.

The 10th President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Masatsugu Asakawa assumed office today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she did not understand the purpose of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed in India that aims to offer citizenship to non-Muslim minorities that have faced persecution in neighbouring countries, Dubai-based English daily Gulf News reports.

Democratic US lawmakers leading the impeachment case against Republican President Donald Trump say the president must be removed from office to protect national security and preserve the country’s system of government.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submits a charge sheet before a Dhaka court against suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman and the commission’s suspended director Khandaker Enamul Basir in a bribery case.

At least 11 people -- eight foreign tourists and three Nepali high altitude workers -- have gone out of contact in the Annapurna Base Camp and Manang area since Friday. The areas have been witnessing heavy snowfall for the past few days.

There is no way an Indian state can refuse to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) when it has already been passed by the parliament and doing so would be “unconstitutional,” Kapil Sibal, a former law minister of India, says.

A Rohingya man, who was allegedly involved in drug smuggling, has been killed in “gunfight” with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Cox’s Bazar.

Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a military training camp in the Yemeni city of Marib killing 60 military personnel and wounding dozens others, Saudi state television says.

Computer viruses caused estimated losses of US$902 million to Vietnamese users last year, much higher than in 2018, reports Bkav Technology Group.

A man kills himself after stabbing four people, including his wife and mother-in-law, to death over a family dispute in Borolekha upazila of Moulvibazar, police say.

The second and last phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after Hajj, ends with Akheri Munajat (final prayers) on the Turag banks, seeking divine blessings for all.

Facebook Inc blames a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offence caused.

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will give up their royal titles and public funding as part of a settlement with the Queen to start a new life away from the British monarchy.

China reports 17 new cases of the mysterious SARS-like virus, including three in a severe condition, heightening fears ahead of China's Lunar New Year holiday when hundreds of millions of people move around the country.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on January 18, 2020

The government defers beginning of the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations to February 3 from February 1.

Referring to the case filed against Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman and nine others, Jatiya Oikyafront in a statement today called upon the authorities concerned to refrain from efforts to curb freedom of expression and press.

Police arrest one person in connection with a case filed over torturing a house help in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.