The government is not putting its sincere effort to rescue the disaster-affected people in the hilly areas of Chittagong division, political opponent BNP alleges.

Otto Warmbier, an American university student held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months and said by his family to be in a coma, is medically evacuated from the reclusive country after a rare visit there from a high-level US official.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has congratulated Boris Johnson, the newly appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom and the Northern Ireland.

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that granted bail to BNP leader Khairul Kabir Khokon in five criminal cases, clearing the way for his walkout from jail.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has told the parliament that the draft of the Education Bill is at the final stage and it will be sent to the cabinet division soon for approval.

Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossen tells parliament that around 70 percent development works including land development, roads and bridge construction of the Purbachal New Town project has been completed.

Sensing consequence of the next parliamentary election, the ruling Awami is hatching a conspiracy to keep BNP away from the polls, the party’s Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader calls upon leaders and activists of his party’s student wing, Bangladesh Chhatra League, to stay away from misdeeds.

A Jatiya Party lawmaker tells the parliament that around 90 percent people in Dhaka city have gone against the ruling Awami League-led government due to price hike of essentials.

BNP urges the government to reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) to a tolerable level in the proposed budget for 2017-18 fiscal year. The 15% VAT proposed in the budget is the highest among South and South-East Asian countries, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Sweden upon an invitation by her Swedish counterpart Stefan Löfven. This will be the first ever bilateral visit (June 15-16) by any head of state of Bangladesh to Sweden.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon the people to take to the street to wage a tough movement against “repressive and oppressive acts of government” after Eid-ul-Fitr.

British Prime Minister Theresa May's two chiefs of staff resign in the wake of the Conservative Party's disastrous election result.

BNP alleges that police and Awami League (AL) cadres are not allowing it to hold Iftar parties across the country.

US President Donald Trump goes on the attack after ousted FBI director James Comey's dramatic Capitol Hill testimony, claiming "complete vindication" and slamming him for leaking documents about their private conversations.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that that the government is “cheating” people in the name of secularism.

European Council President Donald Tusk congratulates Theresa May on her reappointment as British prime minister and urges her to start talks as soon as possible on Britain's exit from the EU to minimise disruption.

Japan's parliament passes a law that clears the way for its ageing Emperor Akihito to step down, in what would be the first imperial abdication in more than two centuries.

BNP lambastes Finance Minister AMA Muhith for his rigid stance on excise duty on bank accounts and 15 percent uniform VAT, saying he is making a mockery over the issue.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir pays a visit to the ailing Hefajat-e Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi.