Civil society members in a dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) discuss three agenda – gaining public confidence, army deployment and no-vote option during the next parliamentary elections.

Following the removal of its chief Nawaz Sharif as prime minister, an­other problem has arisen for the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as the interim premier-in-waiting, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, is also facing a Rs220 billion corruption inquiry being carried out by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claims victory in an internationally criticised election for an assembly to rewrite the constitution, but the opposition cries fraud and vowed to keep protesting despite a deadly crackdown.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says his party is scrutinising the purpose of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia's London tour to determine whether she is involved in hatching any conspiracy.

Awami League’s propaganda over Khaleda Zia’s London tour is fictitious and a blatant lie, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.

The High Court asks the trial court to allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to cross examine four prosecution witnesses of Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has called a session of the national assembly on August 1 for the election of an interim prime minister, DawnNews reports.

History was repeated on Friday morning. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was sent home after the Supreme Court disqualified him under the Constitution’s Article 62(1)(f) for misdeclaring his assets when he was just 10 months away from completing his five-year tenure in office.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says works are underway to ensure supply of safe water from surface water sources in all divisional cities by 2021.

With Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif disqualified by the country's top court and out of his job, questions are swirling over who will succeed him as head of government.

Following the directives of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issues a notification disqualifying Nawaz Sharif as a member of the National Assembly.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan says that the Supreme Court's (SC) decision to disqualify Nawaz Sharif marks the start of a new era in the history of Pakistan, where justice will be held supreme.

Russia tells the United States that some of its diplomats have to leave the country in just over a month and says it is seizing some US diplomatic property as retaliation for what it says were proposed illegal US sanctions.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed slams the ruling party leaders for their repeated allegation against party chief Khaleda Zia of hatching anti-state conspiracy in London.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the incumbent government's continuity of tenure ensured a steady development campaign directly benefitting people and earned Bangladesh a dignified status in international arena.

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed gives instruction to the deputy commissioners (DCs) to work sincerely for keeping prices of daily essentials within the purchasing capability of consumers across the country.

A senior Russian banker who met President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, did not do so on the Kremlin's orders, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says.

Presidium member of the ruling Awami League Mohammad Nasim says that BNP is currently conspiring in London to grab power in the next elections.

Twelve of Yingluck Shinawatra’s bank accounts will be seized by the Department of Legal Execution in the first civil liability action against the ex-premier whose rice-pledging scheme has been alleged to have caused huge financial damages to Thailand.

The cabinet division has formed a probe committee over a lawsuit that led to the arrest of a upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) for publishing a “distorted” portrait of Bangabandhu on an invitation card.