Indonesia will carry out cloud seeding in a bid to prevent further rainfall over the capital Jakarta, after deadly flash floods and landslides following some of the heaviest rains ever recorded.

Oil prices soar more than four per cent following news that the US killed a top Iranian general, fanning fresh fears of a conflict in the crude-rich region, with Tehran warning of retaliation.

Three crashes involving Teslas that killed three people increase scrutiny of the company’s Autopilot driving system just months before CEO Elon Musk has planned to put fully self-driving cars on the streets.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on January 03, 2020

For Iranians whose icons since the Islamic Revolution have been stern-faced clergy, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani widely represented a figure of national resilience in the face of four decades of US pressure.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says former AL General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam was an idol for the country’s politicians and his sacrifice and contributions to the nation will be remembered forever.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says that President Donald Trump has “tossed a stick of dynamite into a tinderbox” with the targeted killing of Iran’s top general in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport.

A US strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad's international airport Friday, dramatically heightening regional tensions and prompting arch enemy Tehran to vow "revenge".

Cold wave is likely to sweep over the country in the next 48 hours, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecasts.

Two murder accused are killed in separate “gunfights” with police in Chattogram city and Satkhira.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says a government having a well-organised party behind it can develop a country fast.

The Australian military has begun the seaborne evacuation of hundreds of people trapped in a fire-ringed southeastern town, as the country braced for yet more catastrophic conditions.

US President Donald Trump ordered the killing of Iran Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, who died in Baghdad "in a decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad," the Pentagon says.

Divers retrieve four bodies after a sand-laden cargo sank in the Burigranga River in Keraniganj.

An eleven-year-old girl is raped today by an unidentified youth at Ambagan adjacent to Jahangirnagar University, family members of the victim claimed.

Four journalists are injured, two of them severely, as a group of gamblers attacked them in Bhuapur upazila of Tangail.

Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities suspend 11 students from all academic activities for a year, as they were found guilty of ragging fresh students.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on January 01, 2020

Bangladesh expresses interest to buy two more Dash 8Q-400 turboprop narrow body aircrafts from a Canadian plane manufacturing company and asks the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) to send a formal proposal with fair offer in price.

The government wants to expedite its efforts engaging global trade partners in an effort to keep the current trade privileges unhurt once Bangladesh comes out from the LDCs (least developed countries) club.