Finance Minister AMA Muhith says that state owned banks and Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) will buy 60 percent shares of trouble-hit The Farmers Bank Limited.

The 29th central council of Bangladesh Chhatra League, which was scheduled to be held on March 31, has been postponed, its General Secretary SM Jakir Hossain says.

The High Court fixes Sunday for passing necessary order regarding the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.

The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that had cleared the way for the lower court to continue the trial proceedings of a corruption case against former BNP law minister Moudud Ahmed.

BNP has announced a fresh set of protests after police foiled their peaceful sit-in programme at Jatiya Press Club to press for release of their Chairperson Khaleda Zia. They will demonstrate across the country, including Dhaka city, on Saturday.

BNP will stage a sit-in programme in front of Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka tomorrow demanding immediate release of the party's Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.

The BNP is yet to get the permission to hold a rally on March 12 at Suhrawardy Udyan demanding release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the people to remain alert and united so that the anti-liberation forces cannot come to power.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly disapproves of the pulling down of statues of Communist icon Vladimir Lenin in Tripura and another leader in southern state of Tamil Nadu.

The High Court accepts the appeal for its hearing filed by former BNP lawmaker Kazi Salimul Haque challenging the lower court order that convicted and sentenced him to 10 years’ imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has instructed the party leaders to continue the ongoing “peaceful” movement ignoring any type of instigation from any quarter, party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says after meeting with the party chief Khaleda in jail.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city on the occasion of the historic March 7.

BNP senior leaders are likely to meet party's Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now at the old Central Jail on Nazimudding Road in Dhaka, tomorrow for the first time since her imprisonment in a graft case.

BNP alleges that its Chairperson Khaleda Zia is being deprived of her “legal right” as she has been denied of bail through various tactics.

Lawmen detain Shafiul Bari Babu, president of Swechchhasebak Dal, from BNP’s demonstration at Jatiya Press Club, organised to press for Khaleda Zia’s release.

Hitting back at the ruling party, BNP says Awami League has a close link with the attack on eminent writer Muhammed Zafar Iqbal.

Civil society platform Nagorik Oikya calls out for a unity of the civil society towards a participatory parliamentary election.

BNP announces of a human chain programme near Jatiya Press Club, Dhaka, as part of its peaceful protests to press for the release of their Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

China’s government pledges to deliver robust growth, pursue advanced technology and boost military spending while urging the public to embrace President Xi Jinping’s rule as its ceremonial legislature prepares for changes to allow him to stay in power indefinitely.

BNP briefs visiting Lisa Curtis, deputy assistant to US President Donald Trump over the country's current political situation including party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s conviction and upcoming general elections.