BNP-backed mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation polls, Ishraque Hossain says that the government is sensing a mass support for “sheaf of paddy” in the upcoming city election, and is behaving outrageously.

A rights organisation serves a legal notice on the government requesting it to scrap in seven days the Section of the Public Service Act which provides that a civil servant will not be dismissed from the job unless he or she is sentenced to at least one-year imprisonment for any criminal offence.

The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) at the University of Dhaka offers 2-day professional certificate courses on Corporate Governance and Brand Management to junior and mid-level managers in the corporate sector.

Arrest warrants are issued against Bangla daily Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman, Deputy Editor Anisul Hoque and eight others in a case filed over the death of Naimul Abrar Rahat, a ninth-grader of Dhaka Residential Model College.

The Board of Directors of Grameenphone appoints Yasir Azman as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bangladeshi operation, effective from February 1, 2020.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on January 16, 2020

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) presses charges against four people in Sagira Morshed murder case.

A woman has been arrested in a case filed over the gang rape of an eighth grader in Gazipur.

Bollywood star Sonam Kapoor Ahuja has warned Uber users against using the ridesharing app in London after suffering "the scariest experience" with a driver in the British capital.

A petition has been filed with the Supreme Court seeking its directives on the Election Commission (EC) to stay Dhaka north and south city corporations’ polls on January 30 as it coincides with Saraswati Puja.

The horses were still caked in grey ash as they stepped off the boat, lucky beneficiaries of a risky rescue mission to ground zero of the Philippines' Taal volcano eruption.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the lawmakers who demanded crossfire for the rapists expressed their personal opinions at the parliament.

Around fifty students of Dhaka University go on a hunger strike unto death demanding deferral of the two city corporation elections that coincides with Saraswati Puja, a major religious festival of the Hindus.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader urges those who have been demanding deferral of the two city corporation elections, to stop their protest and accept the High Court order delivered in this regard.

Rail communication on the Mymensingh-Chattogram route resumes after almost nine hours of suspension following the derailment of a train in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh.

The United States and China is signed a truce in their trade war after nearly two years of tensions, bringing relief to markets but largely leaving massive tariffs in place.

Flight operation at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport remains suspended due to dense fog.

Russian lawmakers will begin reviewing President Vladimir Putin's nomination of a little-known tax chief as the new prime minister Thursday after his announcement of a sweeping constitutional shake-up fuelled speculation about his future plans.

Commuters crossing Mirpur Road in Dhaka have been suffering immensely as several hundred garments workers took to the streets in Shyamoli halting traffic movement demanding arrears and bonuses.

A man allegedly strangles his wife and a daughter over “family feud” in Khagdohor Ghonti area of Mymensingh city.