Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has not been in the best of his health recently. According to reports, the actor has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai from the past three days, giving rise to rumours that not all is well with him.

Internationally-acclaimed Bangladeshi artist Kalidas Karmakar passes away at a private hospital in Dhaka.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on October 18, 2019

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen on his first official visit to Germany invites German businesses to invest in the country for a win-win scenario.

Four men including two suspected Rohingya drug peddlers are killed in separate “gunfights” in Cox’s Bazar, Joypurhat and Mymensingh districts.

Mexican security forces arrest one son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in an operation that trigger intense fighting.

Associated Press journalists are seeing continued fighting in a Syrian town at the center of the fight between Turkey and Kurdish forces, despite a US-brokered cease-fire.

Around 2,961 officials of the Power Department have travelled abroad under several projects in the last three years, power ministry says.

Customs Intelligence officials claim to have detained one man with 130 gold bars from Hazrat Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram.

US President Donald Trump has said that he allowed Turkish and Kurdish forces to clash in deadly battle because the two sides were like children who needed to fight each other.

The US and Turkey agreed Thursday to a cease-fire in the Turks’ deadly attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, requiring the Kurds to vacate the area in an arrangement that largely solidifies Turkey’s position and aims in the weeklong conflict. The deal includes a conditional halt to American economic sanctions.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on October 17, 2019

Yet another victim of Singra upazila in Natore, who was mistakenly implicated in a case, has been acquitted following a court order after 18 years.

Mobile courts assisted by River Police jail and fine 161 fishermen for catching hilsa defying government ban from different rivers across the country.

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker congratulates Prime Minister Boris Johnson on their Brexit withdrawal deal Thursday and says it meant there would be "no further delay".

The government approves the telecom regulator’s recommendation to appoint administrators for Grameenphone and Robi amid a long-drawn row over dues of Tk 13,446 crore.

The High Court cancels the bail of businessman Syed Mozaffar Hossain in a corruption case filed for misappropriating Tk 141 core from BASIC Bank and ordered him to surrender to the trial court immediately.

Former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged kingpin of the illegal casino business in Dhaka, has been taken to the office of Rab-1 for interrogation in connection with two cases filed under the arms and narcotics control acts.

The High Court issues an ad-interim injunction for two months against the realisation of Tk 12,579.95 crore from Grameenphone by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)

Federation International de Football Association (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino assures that his organisation will continue to support for the promotion of football in Bangladesh.