New Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised generational change in the warring Liberal party yesterday, seeking to end an internecine battle that has scarred the conservative government ahead of an election due by May 2019.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP will be facing new political crisis after the verdict on the August 21 grenade attack at an Awami League rally as the party is directly related to the crime.

Accusing the government of preparing to hold another lopsided election, BNP warns of putting up a strong resistance against the move.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stubbornly clings to power as senior ministers deserted him, saying he would hold a second leadership vote on Friday only if he received a letter signed by the majority of the ruling party.

Family members and colleagues urge the government and the jail authorities for providing immediate medical treatment to noted photographer Shahidul Alam, who was arrested in a case filed under the controversial Section 57 of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, citing his illness.

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia passes around an hour with her relatives and took food they cooked for her on the eid day.

BNP senior leaders fail to meet the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Old Dhaka Central Jail in the capital on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.

BNP fears that the PM's comment involving its chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman with August 21 grenade attack may influence the verdict of the case.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accuses the then BNP government of perpetrating the barbaric grenade attack on an Awami League rally in 2004, saying that there is no doubt that Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman were directly involved in the carnage.

Sixteen members of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's 21-strong cabinet took oath at a ceremony held at the President House in Islamabad this morning.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claims the government is hatching a conspiracy to keep the party away from the upcoming general election.

BNP Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan calls upon the authorities concerned to take steps for dialogues with political parties before announcing schedule of the upcoming general election.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comment involving BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the August 15 carnage conspiracy is “absurd and imprudent”, said party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.

Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday earnestly requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to release the students who were arrested after quota reform movement and students' road safety protests, before Eid-ul-Azha.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says the government is trying to bring back the fugitive killers Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

China's military expands its bomber operations in recent years while "likely training for strikes" against the United States and its allies, a Pentagon report says.

Three-time Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died yesterday, sparking tributes from across the political spectrum as current leader Narendra Modi mourned the "irreplaceable loss" of the respected statesman.

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan says that his party will not take part in the upcoming general elections if it is held under supervision of the current government.

The government files two separate petitions with the Supreme Court seeking stay on the High Court orders that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two separate defamation cases lodged in Narail and Dhaka.

US President Donald Trump moves to penalise a sharp critic, revoking the security clearance of Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan for making what he called "a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations" about his administration.