Sonia Gandhi is named the new interim President of the Congress party, two and half months after her son Rahul Gandhi quit the top organisational post of the party taking responsibility for its crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highly acclaims his counterpart Sheikh Hasina’s “zero tolerance” policy against any sorts of terrorism and religious extremism and calls Bangladesh a role model for religious harmony as home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal called on him in New Delhi.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home from London, wrapping up her official visit to the United Kingdom.

A secretary-level talks of the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) between Bangladesh and India will be held in Dhaka. The seven-hour long meeting will begin at the state guest house Jamuna at 10:30am after eight years to discuss a joint effort to ensure the best use of the Ganges water.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home from London tomorrow wrapping up her official visit to the United Kingdom.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says Bangladesh has yet to become free from the stigma of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s killing although the trial of the incident of his murder has been finished.

Jatiya Party demands the mayors of Dhaka North and South city corporations to step down from their posts, bringing allegation of misappropriation of Tk 50 crore allocated for mosquito control.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses condolence at the demise of former Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader calls upon all the city councilors and leaders and activists of the party to conduct cleanliness drive in a bid to fight the dengue menace.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government is never led by any intention to expose people to torture in custody as she was interviewed by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London.

The High Court asks four BNP leaders including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to surrender before a Dhaka court in six weeks in a case filed on charge of issuing death threat to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Hours after filing of a case, a Dhaka court issues arrest warrants against BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and seven other leaders.

Pakistan says it “strongly condemns” India’s decision to revoke the special status for its portion of the Kashmir region claimed by both countries.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says all dilapidated roads across the country will be repaired within three days before Eid.

None of the members of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s family and her relatives has applied to the government for her release from jail on parole, says Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, a lawyer for Khaleda and a BNP leader.

Coming down hard on the government over the dengue epidemic across the country, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the country has been made worse than the land of Hirak Raja.

Home Minister Assaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that he has directed Gulshan police to take immediate steps to rescue missing Mohona TV journalist Moshiur Rahman.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reaffirms her determination to build a hunger-and-poverty-free Sonar Bangla as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calls upon the government to provide subsidy to public and private hospitals to ensure free treatment of dengue infected patients.

Former vice president of Maldives Ahmed Adheeb Abdul Ghafoor, who had sought political asylum in India, has been sent back to his home country, police say.