President Donald Trump warns Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to be "very careful with his words."

Awami League MP of Bogura -1 constituency Abdul Mannan dies of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Dhaka this morning at the age of 67.

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Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says Bangladesh is now focused on economic diplomacy to boost the economy by bringing businesses to the country.

Some 47 eminent citizens of the country in a joint statement voice condemnation and protest over a case filed against the Prothom Alo editor and others in connection with a death of Naimul Abrar Rahat, a student of Dhaka Residential Model College.

Awami League lawmaker for Barguna-2 constituency Shawkat Hasanur Rahman Rimon and 12 others have been sued on charge of contempt of court in connection with vandalising a temple and grabbing land in Charduari area of Pathorghata upazila.

A compartment of a freight train derails at the home signal of Gouripur Railway Station this evening, disrupting rail communication between Mymensingh and Chattogram through Bhairab in Kishoreganj.

A youth is fatally crushed under a train while crossing the rail tracks in Pubail area in Gazipur.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the government has nothing to do with the Dhaka city polls date though it coincides with Saraswati Puja.

Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Jiming has said China will show highest respect to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in his birth centenary this year, as it coincides with the celebration of 45th anniversary of Dhaka-Beijing diplomatic ties.

Researchers from Australia’s national science body successfully genetically engineer mosquitoes that are resistant to spreading dengue virus.

India issues a travel advisory for its nationals to and from China and ordered screening of international travelers who will land at Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata airports to combat Novel Corona Virus (nCoV), spread from the Wuhan province of China.

The Revolutionary Guards can take their fight beyond Iran’s borders, says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader, responding to the US killing of a top general and to unrest at home over the accidental downing of an airliner.

Congress-ruled Punjab state legislative assembly passes a resolution demanding that the Indian government scrap the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), becoming the second state to do so after Marxist-ruled Kerala.

Opinions within South-east Asia are highly divided on Myanmar's Rakhine crisis and the country's handling of its Rohingya Muslim minority.

A group of journalists demands immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the persons who attacked Channel 9 reporter Mahmud Hossain on January 11.

A policeman dies after falling off a building in Dhaka’s Shahbagh area.

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Ukraine's prime minister offers his resignation after audio was leaked of him reportedly criticising President Volodomyr Zelensky's understanding of the economy.

Two people are killed as a bus hits their motorbike in Dhaka’s Uttara.