diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/notification/NotificationController.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/notification/NotificationController.java
index b22bafbb5..d8319005d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/notification/NotificationController.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/notification/NotificationController.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package fr.free.nrw.commons.notification;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/notification/UnreadNotificationsCheckAsync.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/notification/UnreadNotificationsCheckAsync.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2644c8f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/notification/UnreadNotificationsCheckAsync.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package fr.free.nrw.commons.notification;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.os.AsyncTask;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.contributions.ContributionsActivity;
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.contributions.ContributionsFragment;
+import timber.log.Timber;
+
+/**
+ * This asynctask will check unread notifications after a date (date user check notifications last)
+ */
+
+public class UnreadNotificationsCheckAsync extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, List<Notification>> {
+
+    WeakReference<ContributionsActivity> context;
+    NotificationController notificationController;
+
+
+    public UnreadNotificationsCheckAsync(ContributionsActivity context, NotificationController notificationController) {
+        this.context = new WeakReference<>(context);
+        this.notificationController = notificationController;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected List<Notification> doInBackground(Void... voids) {
+        List<Notification>  unreadNotifications = null;
+
+        Date currentDate = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
+        Date lastReadNotificationDateStored =
+                new Date(context.get()
+                        .getSharedPreferences("prefs",0)
+                        .getLong("last_read_notification_date", 0));
+
+        if (currentDate.after(lastReadNotificationDateStored)) {
+            Timber.d("You may have unread notifications since"+lastReadNotificationDateStored);
+            Log.d("deneme","You may have unread notifications since"+lastReadNotificationDateStored +"++curr date is:"+currentDate);
+
+            //TODO: fetch latest notification of user and save latest notification date to shared preferences
+            //TODO: pass latest notification update date here. So that you will get notifications after that date
+
+            try {
+                unreadNotifications = findUnreadNotifications(notificationController.getNotifications());
+                Log.d("deneme","notifications is:"+unreadNotifications);
+                for (Notification notification : unreadNotifications) {
+                    Log.d("deneme", notification.notificationText);
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+
+        } else {
+            // This case is not possible ever?
+            Log.d("deneme","You read all notifications");
+            Timber.d("You read all notifications of your at"+lastReadNotificationDateStored +"++curr date is:"+currentDate);
+        }
+        return unreadNotifications;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onPostExecute(List<Notification> unreadNotification) {
+        super.onPostExecute(unreadNotification);
+
+        // Check if activity is still running
+        if (context.get().getWindow().getDecorView().isShown() && !context.get().isFinishing()) {
+            // Check if fragment is not null and visible
+            if (context.get().isContributionsFragmentVisible && context.get().contributionsActivityPagerAdapter.contributionsFragment != null) {
+                //Log.d("deneme3","context.get().contributionsFragment"+((NewContributionsFragment)context.get().contributionsFragment).toString());
+                ((ContributionsFragment)context.get().contributionsActivityPagerAdapter.contributionsFragment).updateNotificationsNotification(unreadNotification);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private List<Notification> findUnreadNotifications(List<Notification> allNotifications) {
+        // TODO: only return notifications after last read date
+        return allNotifications;
+    }
+}