BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sister Selima Islam expresses grave concerns over the deteriorating health of the former prime minister, saying that they would fail to take her home alive if the present situation continues.

Lead House impeachment manager Adam Schiff calls dramatically for the Senate to remove President Donald Trump from office, saying the US leader cannot be trusted to put the country's interests ahead of his own.

A Dhaka court directs the authorities concerned to publish advertisement in two national dailies asking former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others to appear before it on February 20 in connection with a graft case.

The Election Commission has directed the Ministry of Public Administration to declare a public holiday in Dhaka city on February 1, on the occasion of Dhaka north and south city corporation elections.

BNP today submitted a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda, urging him to cancel the result of the recently held by-elections to Chattogram-8 seat and demanded re-election.

BNP nominated mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) election, Tabith Awal, was attacked while electioneering in Dhaka’s Mirpur area this morning.

Norway's populist Progress Party says it was leaving the right-wing coalition government over the repatriation of a suspected Islamic State member and her two children last week.

Seasoned politician Jagat Prakash Nadda is elected unopposed as the President of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is set to be handed over the baton by his powerful predecessor and Indian Home Minister Amit Shah.

The parliament unanimously adopts a condolence motion expressing deep shock at the death of ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdul Mannan from Bogura-1 constituency.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she did not understand the purpose of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed in India that aims to offer citizenship to non-Muslim minorities that have faced persecution in neighbouring countries, Dubai-based English daily Gulf News reports.

Facebook Inc blames a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offence caused.

Jatiya Oikyafront urges the Election Commission to change its stance of using the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the Dhaka north and south city corporation elections scheduled for January 30.

China and Myanmar ink dozens of mammoth infrastructure and trade deals after a meeting between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi, as Beijing doubles down on its support for a government under fire for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims.

Awami League MP of Bogura -1 constituency Abdul Mannan dies of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Dhaka this morning at the age of 67.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says Bangladesh is now focused on economic diplomacy to boost the economy by bringing businesses to the country.

Jatiya Oikyafront convener Kamal Hossain today says holding polls to two Dhaka City corporations on the day of Saraswati Puja is an unjust act.

Tabith Awal, BNP’s mayoral candidate for the Dhaka North City Corporation election, says people were not ready to cast their votes using the Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) in the election scheduled for January 30.

BNP-backed mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation polls, Ishraque Hossain says that the government is sensing a mass support for “sheaf of paddy” in the upcoming city election, and is behaving outrageously.

Opposition Jatiya Party MP Kazi Firoz Rashid and BNP MP Harunur Rashid in parliament urges Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to intervene for saving the country’s debacle share market as it is maintaining sliding down trend for a long time.

Jatiya Party chief patron Raushan Ershad “appoints” 16 JP leaders including her son Shad Ershad in different top-level posts of the party.