Dhaka sees a very low turnout of public transport as transport workers abstained from bringing their vehicles out following the drive of BRTA mobile courts being carried out to ensure implementation of the new transport law.

In late October this year, a team of scientists and engineers, co-led by National Geographic Fellows Jenna Jambeck and Heather Koldewey, began a two-month long expedition, traveling the full 2,575 kilometers of the mainstream Padma river — from the Bay of Bengal to the river’s source in the Himalayas.

The United States has granted another 90 days for companies to cease doing business with China's telecoms giant Huawei, saying the move would allow service providers to continue to offer coverage in rural areas.

The days of a global order led by the United States are over, regardless of whether President Donald Trump is re-elected next year, geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer says at a forum in Tokyo.

The transport strike, enforced protesting the Road Transport Act-2018, has been continuing in eight districts for the second consecutive day, causing immense sufferings to the commuters.

Bangladesh Truck Covered-van Goods Transport Owners Workers Unity Council will go on an indefinite strike across the country from tomorrow demanding amendment of the new Road Transport Act-2018 after postponing the law.

Police claims to have arrested five accused in a case filed in connection with pushing Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute’s principal into a pond on the campus.

Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to arrive Dhaka on Friday on a brief visit which will be his second visit to Bangladesh this year after leaving the United Nations.

Gambia will open its case against Myanmar before the UN's top court in December accusing the mainly Buddhist state of genocide against its Rohingya Muslims, the tribunal says.

Three people are killed in a shooting outside a Walmart store in Oklahoma, including the assailant, police said -- the latest in a string of deadly gun attacks at the popular supermarket chain.

A coal mine explosion killed 15 people in north China's Shanxi province, state media reports.

Five people including a Bangladeshi national are killed in an airstrike at a biscuit factory in Libya’s capital Tripoli.

Hello dear readers! How was your day? Here are the news headlines on November 18, 2019

In a dramatic development, a section of leaders of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) form a seven-member coordination committee keeping its President Oli Ahmad aside.

Airport Armed Police claims to have detained two people with 2,850 pieces of yaba tablets from the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan will brief media on November 20 about the outcome of the investigation into fatal train crash in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba, which left 18 people dead and scores injured on November 12.

Three people are killed in a “gunfight” between two regional groups in Rajasthali upazila of Rangamati.

A Barguna juvenile court fixes January 8 for hearing on charge framing against 14 accused in the much-talked-about Rifat Sharif murder case.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home tomorrow night wrapping up her four-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend Dubai Air Show-2019 and other programmes.

Commerce Secretary Md Jafar Uddin says legal steps have been taken against 2,500 people for manipulating onion market.