Seeking vote for Awami League in the next general election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says BNP's return to power means destruction of the country.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia suddenly falls sick in Nazimuddin Road Old Central Jail, claims party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith hopes that the country will attain major progress in fighting corruption within the next 10 years as the government has taken various steps to combat the social menace.

North and South Korea will hold their first summit in more than a decade on April 27, South Korean government officials who held high-level talks with their North Korean counterparts say.

Elections and by-elections to some 133 local government bodies across the country begin amid tight security. The voting started at 8:00am and will end at 4:00pm without any break.

A man is reportedly killed when police open gunfire to quell chaos at a polling station ahead of Tangail Union Parishad elections in Ghatail upazila.

Awami League General Secretary and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says election-time government would be formed with members of the political parties having representation in the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament).

Dhaka Metropolitan Police allows BNP to hold its planned rally at the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) in the capital on March 30.

BNP leaders will sit at its party Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office in Dhaka on April 1.

A Comilla court that was expecting BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appearance in an arson case issues a show cause on authorities seeking explanation for her absence.

The High Court issues a rule asking BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and the government to explain why the jail sentence of Khaleda in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case should not be enhanced.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Thakurgaon tomorrow to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of some 66 development projects in the district.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not be taken to a Dhaka court from jail as she is ill. Meanwhile, Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Special Judge Court-5 extended her bail until April 5 and fixed the same date for hearing arguments in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.

A local activist of ruling Awami League’s youth front has been murdered in Natore town.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is treated to a lavish welcome by Chinese President Xi Jinping during a secretive trip to Beijing as both sides seek to repair frayed ties ahead of landmark summits with Seoul and Washington.

Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Dhaka University unit have declared one of their teachers unwanted on the campus for allegedly distorting history and making derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The High Court clears the way for the lower court to continue the trial proceedings of a corruption case against BNP standing committee member and former Law Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed.

The High Court is set tomorrow to hold hearing on a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission challenging what it said inadequate sentence handed by the lower court to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the BNP's proposed rally on March 29 at Suhrawardi Udyan is subjected to the permission from Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner's office.

Pakistan defends its record on nuclear safety after the United States sanctioned seven Pakistani companies over alleged links to the nuclear trade, saying the suspicions over the companies should not be used to discredit it.