Political opposition BNP pledges good governance and forging a politics of unity in the 12-point manifesto it unveils ahead of the general election.

A Cumilla court fixes October 3 for continuing the hearing of a bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in connection with a murder case.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the next national election will be held as per the constitution and no conspiracies will be able to obstruct it.

BNP will scrap Digital Security Act within a week if the party is voted to power, its Standing Committee member Moudud Ahmed says.

North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong ho tells the United Nations that continued sanctions on Pyongyang are deepening its mistrust in the United States and there is no way the country would give up its nuclear weapons unilaterally under such circumstances.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the demand of BNP and its allies to form a non-political and neutral government centring the forthcoming national polls is totally illogical.

Rules on Digital Security Act-2018 will clear all confusion regarding the Act, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says ahead of the Sampadak Parishad (Editors' Council) meeting with the Information Ministry.

US President Donald Trump took his enthusiasm for his detente with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to new heights on Saturday, declaring at a rally with supporters that "we fell in love" after exchanging letters.

With about three months before the national election, the BNP will come up with some specific demands, including polls under a nonpartisan administration, from its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan today.

The under-construction Padma bridge will be named after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday.

To counter the BNP and Oikya Prokriya's programmes in October, the Awami League-led 14-party alliance would hold rallies in Dhaka and three other districts.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says a government may be formed with representatives from the political parties having representation in Parliament ahead of the next general election.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed hope that the next general election in Bangladesh would be a participatory one.

BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed yesterday said, "There is an evil plan behind the Digital Security Act. The government has enacted the law to keep the media under its absolute control ahead of the national polls."

BNP says, the election commission is threatening the party with registration cancellation if it does not participate in the upcoming election.

Fighting to salvage his US Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh angrily denies a university professor’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago in a day of dramatic testimony that gripped the country.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed a revision petition with the High Court (HC) seeking a stay on the proceedings against her in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda says Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in the next general election on a small scale.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says his party will not announce any programme to counter BNP’s rally in the city.

Top leaders of the BNP-led 20-party alliance will hold an emergency meeting this evening to discuss its role over the “greater national unity” and current political situation of the country.