Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un meet in northeast China in an unannounced visit by the North Korean leader ahead of an expected summit with US President Donald Trump.

Ruling Awami League’s mayoral candidate for Gazipur City Corporation election files a petition with the apex court seeking resumption of the election process that was stayed by the High Court.

BNP’s executive committee member and Dhaka North City Corporation mayor candidate Tabith Awal is being quizzed for “suspicious transactions” in his bank accounts.

New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigns on Monday after allegations of physical abuse by four women are reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine.

The appeal hearing against BNP leader Khaleda Zia’s bail in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, in which she is currently serving a five-year term in prison, has been adjourned until tomorrow.

The Supreme Court is likely to hold hearing on Tuesday, May 8, on the appeals filed against the High Court order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.

Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam tells journalists that the cabinet today did not hold any discussion on quota system in public service.

Opposition BNP’s mayor runner Hasan Uddin Sarkar files a petition with the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the High Court’s halt on Gazipur City Corporation election.

The government has halted the Gazipur City Corporation election sensing a defeat, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.

BNP Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman and seven other leaders and activists of the party were detained by law enforcers in Gazipur.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina lays emphasis on maintaining a peaceful atmosphere in the hill tracts of the country.

Polling booths open in Lebanon today for the country's first parliamentary election in nine years, a period marked by stretches of political paralysis and war in neighbouring Syria.

Bangladesh is now on the election highway. Aside from the national election, seven city corporation elections are to be held this year.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia asks her lawyers to bring the matter of her “serious illnesses” to the notice of the Supreme Court during the hearing on her bail in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on Tuesday, May 8.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, also the general secretary of ruling Awami League, says there will be no change in the constitution even if BNP stays away from the next parliament election.

President Donald Trump says the date and location have been set for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, building suspense for the unprecedented talks, as South Korea said it would oppose a withdrawal of US troops from the area.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appeals to the Muslim countries under the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to firmly stand beside the forcibly deported Rohingyas to protect their dignity and security as there is no scope for the organisation to overlook this crisis.

A vested quarter is conspiring to grab state power through backdoor ahead of the upcoming general election, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is optimistic that the Supreme Court will grant her bail in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, for which she is currently serving time in prison.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says the commission will keep close watch on the Khulna metropolitan police commissioner and superintendent of police in Gazipur ahead of the upcoming election in the two cities.