Asif Kabir, former assistant press secretary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been appointed as media consultant of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Birth Centenary Celebration National Implementation Committee.

In a major change, the main opposition Jatiya Party amends its charter in a bid to give Raushan Ershad the highest rank and honour from the party through creating a new post ‘chief patron’.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says his party will finalise its candidates for the mayoral race in elections to two city corporations in Dhaka tomorrow.

Awami League lawmaker from Gaibandha-3 Younus Ali Sarker dies at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 67.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the controversial persons will not get the nomination for contesting the election to the Dhaka north and south city corporations.

Taking a swipe at Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says Quader has taken a stance against the country and its people by supporting Indian Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on BNP and Khaleda Zia.

Communist Party of Bangladesh calls upon the Election Commission to reduce deposit money for mayor and councillor candidates in Dhaka city corporation elections scheduled on January 30.

BNP leaders Asaduzzaman Ripon, Tabith Awal and Ishrak Hossain collect nomination papers of the party to contest mayoral posts in the Dhaka north and south city corporation elections scheduled for January 30.

Jatiya Oikyafront announces to hold a rally in Dhaka on Monday protesting “vote rigging” in the 11th parliamentary election held on December 30, 2018.

Incumbent Mayor Sayeed Khokon has collected nomination papers from Awami League to contest in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) election scheduled to be held on January 30.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud says Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar should have quit his post before delivering the speech he has made recently.

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says democracy is established in the country but there is no democracy in BNP.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar alleges that the freedom of the Election Commission (EC) is confined to its own system.

The High Court questions the legality of holding the office of Jatiya Party chairman by GM Quader as he was allegedly appointed to the post without any council.

A Dhaka court has placed three leaders of Muktijuddho Moncho including Al Mamun and Yeasir Arafat Turjo on a three-day remand each in connection with a case filed over attack on Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur.

India's ruling party launches a video with animated Muslim characters on social media in a publicity blitz aiming to bust "myths" around a new citizenship law that has sparked deadly protests.

Mentioning that those who assaulted Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and his followers are being arrested, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the government will investigate why he is being attacked repeatedly.

Queen Elizabeth II is to describe 2019 as "quite bumpy" in her traditional Christmas Day message, after a year of crises which saw Britain divided over its impending exit from the European Union and her son Prince Andrew forced to withdraw from public life.

The Election Commission has announced the schedule for Dhaka north and south city corporation elections hurriedly to ensure the victory of the ruling party-backed candidates, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.

Five people have been sentenced to death over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but two top figures investigated over the killing have been exonerated, Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor says.