North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vows to surmount US-led sanctions on his country in state media reports alongside evocative propaganda images of him riding a white horse seen as foretelling significant decisions before his own deadline for US movement on nuclear talks expires.

University Grants Commission has expressed concern over harassment of students on the campuses of some public universities.

Hello dear readers! How was your day? Here are the news headlines on October 15, 2019

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University Assistant Proctor Humayun Kabir, who resigned immediately after the attack on the students protesting for removal of its vice-chancellor, is reappointed to the post.

Uncle and cousin of ill-fated Tuhin Miah confess that they along with his father killed the five-year-old boy to harass their opponents.

A parliamentary body raises question over the necessity of police verification for getting passport as people often become victim of harassment to get police clearance in this regard.

The High Court today questions the legality of the gazette notification containing the ninth wage board award for journalists and workers of newspapers and news agencies.

A bus helper is killed after another bus runs him over at Kalshi intersection in Pallabi area of Dhaka.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the feasibility study for a metro rail project in Chattogram city will begin soon as per the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Buet students have decided to boycott all academic activities from tomorrow postponing their demonstration on the campus.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) publishes the results of MBBS admission test for academic session 2019-20.

Moniruzzaman Monir, expels activist of Buet Chhatra League, in his confessional statement today said he beat up Abrar Fahad with a cricket stump four to five times.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen describes foreign diplomats' comments over Buet student Abrar Fahad murder as "unnecessary" which have apparently gone beyond their diplomatic norms.

A third of the world's nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong health problems as a consequence, according to a grim UN assessment of childhood nutrition.

An officer-in-charge of a police station in Sylhet has been transferred and attached to Rangpur Police Range, two days after district police sought explanation from him for attending office wearing sherwani (groom attire).

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on October 15, 2019

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approves two more metro rail projects worth Tk 93,800 crore.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged Buet students, who are protesting the brutal murder of Abrar Fahad, to go back to the class.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said a new list of around 50,000 Rohingyas has been handed over to Myanmar to expedite Rohingya repatriation efforts.

Law enforcers have arrested another accused in connection with the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad.