A vested quarter is conspiring to grab state power through backdoor ahead of the upcoming general election, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is optimistic that the Supreme Court will grant her bail in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, for which she is currently serving time in prison.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says the commission will keep close watch on the Khulna metropolitan police commissioner and superintendent of police in Gazipur ahead of the upcoming election in the two cities.

BNP urges the Election Commission to immediately withdraw the Khulna metropolitan police commissioner and superintendent of police in Gazipur for creating level-playing field ahead of the upcoming elections in the two cities.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says there is no plan to include BNP in the cabinet of the poll-time government as the party has no representation in the current parliament.

The government has sent several letters to the British authorities concerned as part of its ongoing process to bring convicted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman back home from London.

Gazipur and Khulna city corporations’ elections will prove the ability and strength of the Election Commission (EC) in conducting polls in a free and fair manner, Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) says.

A high-level delegation including ministers from 58 countries will visit Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar tomorrow, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says.

Nazrul Islam Monju, BNP mayoral aspirant in the upcoming Khulna City Corporation polls, resumed his election campaign four hours after he had declared to suspend electioneering protesting “wholesale arrests” of BNP leaders and activists.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the Election Commission does not have the ability to hold the next general election in a fair manner.

The schedule for 11th Jatiya Sangsad election will be announced in October, Election Commissioner (EC) Md Rafiqul Islam says.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says that BNP is doing politics over the issue of its party Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s treatment.

Awami League General Secretary and also Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is being given treatment following the jail code.

North Korea promised to close its atomic test site next month and invite US weapons experts to the country, Seoul says, as US President Donald Trump expressed optimism about securing a nuclear deal with the secretive regime.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has urged the party leaders and activists to continue movement for “restoration of democracy”, its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says after visiting her at Old Central Jail in Dhaka.

Tarikat Federation, a partner of the Awami League 14-party ruling alliance, categorically says that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia would not be able to walk out of jail before the 11th parliamentary election.

Three top BNP leaders enter the old Central Jail in Dhaka to meet the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

BNP alleges that its 'critically ill' Chairperson Khaleda Zia cannot be taken to a specialised hospital for better treatment as a file in this regard remains stuck at the Prime Minister's Office.

North Korea's state news agency on Saturday called the inter-Korean summit a turning point for the Korean peninsula, while US President Donald Trump said he would maintain sanctions pressure on Pyongyang ahead of his own unprecedented meeting with Kim Jong Un.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says that they did not discuss anything about the upcoming 11th parliamentary election with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.