Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif orders the re-opening of the two main border crossings to Afghanistan, after their closure last month following a series of attacks that Islamabad blamed on militants operating from across the frontier.

The High Court orders the law enforcers not to harass or arrest BNP leader Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel without any specific case or any arrest warrant after his release from jail.

The Supreme Court orders a resume and disposal of the radar purchase graft case against Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad the on basis of the statements already recorded from witnesses.

No legal obstacle remains for the execution of the death sentence of three Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) militants including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan in a case filed for grenade attack on the then UK envoy in Bangladesh in 2004. The Supreme Court dismisses a petition filed by Mufti Hannan seeking review of its verdict that upheld a High Court judgement awarding death penalty to the three in the case.

National consensus is a must to combat militancy, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khashru Mahmud Chowdhury alleges that the militant activities have increased in the country when neighbouring India is pressing Bangladesh for signing deals on defence.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is to press the tougher new US line on North Korea during talks in China with the big powers split over how to rein in nuclear-armed Pyongyang.

Stark differences between President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on everything from trade to immigration are in full view during an icy first meeting at the White House.

Forcing a fresher student to do squats in public, some BCL activists at Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Haque Hall of Dhaka University drive him out of the dormitory over a trifling matter.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says that the government has no intention to keep the deals to be signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit in India secret.

The Supreme Court adjourns for a week the hearing on a petition filed against the High Court order that stayed the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Niko corruption case.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir describes the issue of militancy in Bangladesh as mystery alleging that the government wants to use the issue for its political gain.

BNP warns that inking any military deal with India will be suicidal and against the sovereignty of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh and India sincerely want a solution over Teesta water sharing during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to that country in April, Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud says. The Bangladesh premier will be visiting India on an invitation extended by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on April 7-10.

Unidentified miscreants hack to death a Jubo League leader and injure another person in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the countrymen to keep confidence in the Awami League and reelect the party in the next elections to serve the people again.

Terming Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) report on the irregularities and corruption in Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment “false”, Minister Nurul Islam has rejected the findings.

Chhatra League activists run riot at Bijoy Ekattor Hall - chasing at resident teachers, vandalising provost's office, beating up a campus reporter and terrorising students for hours trying to give space to their supporters at the hall rooms forcefully.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be indicted in a sedition and 10 other criminal cases if she doesn’t appear before two Dhaka courts on March 28.

BNP warns that people will not accept any deal except Teesta water sharing if it is signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s India tour in April.