French authorities take a hard line on what presidential front runner Emmanuel Macron called a "massive" hacking attack on his campaign, warning on the eve of the vote that anyone spreading the information could be committing a crime.

Emmanuel Macron seeks to cement his status as favourite for the French presidency on the last day of campaigning before this weekend's run-off election while his far-right rival Marine Le Pen was targeted by protesters on a visit to a cathedral city.

Hefajat-e-Islam voices for trial of “those who killed their men” during the Shapla Chattar rally in Motijheel– a day remembered as when the Islamists wreaked havoc in Dhaka city.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the judiciary cannot play an independent role “due to the government's interference.”

North Korea accuses the CIA of plotting with South Korea to assassinate leader Kim Jong-Un, amid soaring tensions in the flashpoint region.

BNP standing committee member Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain says that his party chief Khaleda Zia would unveil her “vision 2030” on May 10, to take the country to a new height.

Pulling reference to the prime minister’s speech at the parliament, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says there is no democracy in Bangladesh.

A Dhaka court sends BNP leader Khairul Kabir Khokon to jail after he surrendered before it seeking bail in connection with 10 arson cases.

Theresa May faces her first nationwide electoral test as Britain's prime minister, as she toughens her Brexit position just weeks before a crucial general election.

Venezuelan security forces battle protesters who light fires and hurl stones in rage at President Nicolas Maduro's decree to create an alternative congress, with another fatality taking the death toll to 34 during a month of unrest.

A factional clash of BNP foils a conference of its Chittagong South District unit, a day into a meeting of its north unit was thwarted due to infighting.

Authorities of social networking service Twitter verifies the account of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia that has 26.2 thousand followers across the world.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges the country’s constitution has turned into a “paper of ruling Awami League”.

Newly-elected mayor of Comilla City Corporation Monirul Hoque Shakoo files a petition to the High Court today seeking stay on the trial of a corruption case against him.

Marking 2016 a repressive year for press freedom in Bangladesh, London-based ARTICLE 19, an NGO defending freedom of expression, says 320 violations, including murders, abductions and threats against journalists, took place within that period.

Nepal's first female chief justice is suspended after the government files a motion to impeach her, triggering protests within the fragile ruling coalition.

A Gazipur court issues an arrest warrant against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and eight others in a case filed for hurling petrol bombs on passenger bus during anti-government movement in 2015.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says his party is always ready to participate in the next general election if an election-time supportive government and congenial atmosphere are available.

As many as 249 lawmakers from the two big ruling parties -- Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (Maoist Centre) -- register a motion at the Parliament Secretariat seeking to impeach Sushila Karki, the first female chief justice of Nepal, charging her with infringing upon the executive’s jurisdiction and nurturing factionalism in the judiciary.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges the owners and workers of the industries to always keep in their mind the spirit of the immortal May Day and work together for country's industrialisation.