The High Court grants anticipatory bail to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Advocate Zainul Abedin and its Secretary Barrister KM Mahbubuddin Khokon in three separate criminal cases.

Pakatan Harapan Chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Malaysia for a chest infection.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves country for Rome on a four-day official visit to Italy and Vatican City.

Awami League Presidum Member Mohammad Nasim says there is no political crisis in the country centering the upcoming general election.

BNP to form human chain across the country on Monday, stage sit-in on Tuesday and observe hunger strike on Thursday demanding unconditional release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in jail in connection with Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.

BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed says the conviction and sentence against the party chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case will be a turning point for the party.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says BNP is a “self-proclaimed corrupt party.”

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Pyongyang "at an early date", the presidential Blue House in Seoul says, potentially setting up the first meeting of Korean leaders in more than 10 years.

When a hotel on South Korea's east coast is asked at short notice to host nearly 280 North Korean visitors, the problem is't finding enough rooms. It is to learn how not to offend them.

The ruling Awami League nominates two candidates for the by-polls of Gaibandha-1 and Brahmanbaria-1 constituencies.

Now in prison over charges of graft, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will seek bail from the High Court, if possible by Sunday depending on if she would receive a certified copy of her verdict on that day.

It is not the country, but the BNP who is in crisis, Awami League’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader says reflecting on the imprisonment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia over graft charges.

Leaders and activists of BNP stage demonstration in Nayapaltan area of Dhaka protesting jail sentence against the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed comes down hard on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina saying that she expressed her self-satisfaction after sending Khaleda Zia to jail in a “politically motivated case”.

The US government staggers into another shutdown after an outspoken fiscal conservative in the Senate singlehandedly delayed action by Congress on a stopgap funding bill wrapped up in a massive budget deal.

BNP to stage countrywide demonstrations after Jumma prayers protesting the jail of the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

Awami League-led ruling alliance lawmakers in parliament hail the verdict that sentenced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to five years in jail saying that the rule of law has been established in the country through the verdict.

BNP’s reaction to Khaleda Zia’s conviction is a distinct difference from the long-held political culture and a positive sign as well.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader calls upon his party men not to be overenthusiastic excited over BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's imprisonment.

BNP announces nationwide protest programme for on Friday and Saturday in protest of jailing their Chairperson Khaleda Zia in connection to a graft case.