Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader calls upon his fellow politicians, ministers and high-ups of the government to refrain from making irresponsible remarks that may embarrass the government and lead to any fresh crisis.

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu says culprits who attacked journalists will be brought to justice. The minister further said that the medical expenses of all injured journalists in Dhaka have been covered.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP and its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have now become reckless like whimsical drivers, after having failed to wage a movement.

The government will have to allow people to speak the truth if it wants to stop rumours, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.

The United States says it is imposing new sanctions on Russia over Moscow's involvement in the use of a "lethal" nerve agent in the attempted killing of a former spy in Britain.

BNP terms the proposed Road Transport Bill as jugglery saying that it will not be able to ensure safety and security of people on the roads.

The government files a petition with the Supreme Court seeking stay on the bail order to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a 2015 arson case filed under the Special Powers Act in Comilla.

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono arrives in Dhaka on a brief visit to further promote the Bangladesh-Japan comprehensive partnership and discuss other issues of mutual interests, including Rohingya crisis.

A Dhaka court extends the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia until September 5 in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

Human rights group Amnesty International calls upon the government of Bangladesh to immediately put an end to the crackdown unleashed on student protestors who thronged the streets demanding safe roads.

The High Court grants bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for six months in an arson case filed under the Special Powers Act 1974 in Comilla in 2015.

US President Donald Trump acknowledges that his son met with Russians in 2016 at Trump Tower to get information on his election opponent Hillary Clinton, saying it was "totally legal" and "done all the time in politics."

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the government is hatching a conspiracy trying to implicate the party in ongoing student agitation.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan warns of taking stern action against anyone who will be “crossing the limit of patience” of the government.

Awami League General Secretary has defended the assault carried out on general university students saying it was the students who attacked first.

The US Embassy in Dhaka condemns the attacks on the students protesting across the country demanding safe roads and justice for the death of their two peers in a road accident at the capital’s Airport Road.

BNP Standing Committee member and former minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury is sued under the ICT and special power acts after a phone conversation allegedly between Khasru and a BNP activist has been leaked.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday alleged that evil political forces are infiltrating the students' peaceful movement.

Amid rumours of death, detention and abuse of students at Awami League President Sheikh Hasina's Dhanmondi political office, a group of protesters visited the office yesterday and found no evidence of the claims.

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) General Secretary Golam Rabbani dispels all the rumours circulating in the social media on rape of some female students at the Dhanmondi office of ruling Awami League.