Queen Elizabeth II is to describe 2019 as "quite bumpy" in her traditional Christmas Day message, after a year of crises which saw Britain divided over its impending exit from the European Union and her son Prince Andrew forced to withdraw from public life.

Around 30 to 35 people including Muktijuddho Moncho leaders Aminul Islam Bulbul and Al Mamun are sued in connection to the attack on Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur and his supporters on Sunday.

Harsh Vardhan Shringla, the former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, is appointed as the new foreign secretary of India for a two-year fixed term.

At least two dozen people died and 13 others were injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in Indonesia, police say.

The Election Commission has announced the schedule for Dhaka north and south city corporation elections hurriedly to ensure the victory of the ruling party-backed candidates, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) cancels licences for six food items and one skin care product marketed by nine companies because of their substandard quality.

The country’s eminent citizens and rights activists in a joint statement voice grave concern over the attack on Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and his followers and demanded a fair investigation into the incident.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government is working for the welfare of the people of all religions irrespective of their castes and creeds.

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Two security guards confess to two separate magistrates that they strangled Chinese national Jianhui Gao to death in his Banani flat and looted Tk 3.49 lakhs on December 10.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police takes up security measures for all the churches in Dhaka ahead of the "Christmas Day" to be celebrated on December 25.

Former chief justice Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury is laid to eternal rest after a series of Janaza, prayers and tributes in Dhaka and Sylhet.

The footages of the CCTV cameras installed at different strategic points of Ducsu building has gone missing after sporadic attacks on VP Nurul Haque Nur.

The Dhaka University authorities today formed a six-member committee to investigate the incident of attack on Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur and his followers.

Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur, now undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, alleges that a section of students carried out attacks in a bid to kill him.

Basic Bank employees stage demonstration at its head office in Dhaka’s Motijheel area protesting decrease of their salaries.

Five people have been sentenced to death over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but two top figures investigated over the killing have been exonerated, Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor says.

Two leaders of Muktijuddho Moncho including its central general secretary Al Mamun have been detained following yesterday's attack on Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and others.

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In an apparent jolt to the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court suspends of all state-sponsored media campaigns against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).