At least eight passengers are injured as three compartments of Rangpur Express catch fire after the derailment of the intercity train in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia files an appeal with the Supreme Court challenging a High Court order that rejected her bail in Zia Charitable Trust graft case in which she was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by a lower court.

Grameenphone has agreed to pay Tk 200 crore, out of Tk 12,580 crore dues, to Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) initially as the mobile phone operator settled the matter with the mobile phone regulator in presence of posts and telecommunication minister and finance minister.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit UAE to attend the Dubai Air Show from November 16 to 19.

All schools in Delhi and satellite cities of Noida and Gurugram have been ordered shut for two days as the air quality in the Indian capital again slipped into the severe category.

Bangladesh has been identified as the highest risky country in terms of bribery threats in South Asia, says a latest international report.

The electricity supply system of Bagerhat Rural Electrification Board (REB) has severely been affected by the cyclonic storm Bulbul that lashed the country’s coastal districts in the early hours of Sunday.

Rohingya man, accused in several criminal cases, has been killed in a reported 'gunfight' with police at Shalbagan in Teknaf upazila.

Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is among several top Myanmar officials named Wednesday in a case filed in Argentina for crimes against Rohingya Muslims, the first time the Nobel Laureate has been legally targeted over the crisis.

Facebook Inc removes 3.2 billion fake accounts between April and September this year, along with millions of posts depicting child abuse and suicide, according to its latest content moderation report.

On Day One of extraordinary public impeachment hearings, the top American diplomat in Ukraine revealed new evidence that President Donald Trump was overheard asking about political “investigations” that he later demanded from Ukraine in exchange for military aid.

A Gaza Strip ceasefire agreement has been agreed and came into effect today, an Egyptian source and a senior Islamic Jihad official told AFP.

Parliament unanimously adopts a motion declaring a “planetary emergency” on account of existential crisis of climate changes and making a call to the global community to act urgently and decisively in achieving the net zero (carbon) emissions well before 2050.

Two accused confesses to a Dhaka magistrate that they were involved in the killing of Sagira Morshed Salam in the capital 30 years ago.

Six persons have been sentenced to different terms of jail in connection with manufacturing fake cosmetics at Keraniganj in Dhaka.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on November 13, 2019

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan in parliament says that officials of Railways Ministry and Bangladesh Railway will remain alert to avert recurrence of train accident in the future like the one in Brahmanbaria.

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad today in parliament says that the labour market in Malaysia will resume for Bangladeshi workers very soon.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sister Selima Islam claims that the BNP chief is not getting treatment properly despite doctors come to meet her regularly.

Opposition Chief Whip and Jatiya Party MP Mashiur Rahman Ranga in parliament apologises unconditionally for making derogatory remarks on Noor Hossain.