Expressing her government’s firm stance to bring down the interest rate of bank loan to a single digit, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government will take measures again to reduce the interest rate for the sake of the country’s industrialisation.

Two supporters of Awami League-backed candidate are detained for their alleged attempt to occupy a polling centre in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila hours before the fourth phase of upazila elections.

Police detain Tasbirul Islam, one of the owners of FR Tower in Banani, from his Baridhara residence in Dhaka. Islam is also the president of Kurigram district unit BNP and the managing director of Quasem Drycells Limited.

Bangladesh will replace the burden of schoolbooks with tablets for children in the future, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says.

Election Commission orders three lawmakers to leave their constituencies immediately for violating polls code ahead of upazila election.

BNP criticises the government over the incident of Banani fire, alleging negligence in procuring modern equipment to combat fire.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina lays emphasis on strictly maintaining the building code while constructing high-rises in the country.

Describing the Awami League-led government as a 'puppet-one', BNP alleges that bureaucrats are now ruling the country.

A parliamentary body asks the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) to set up necessary number of water hydrants in the capital city to fight fire accident.

Stressing the importance of upholding human rights in enforcing laws, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks Rab members to be careful so that people are not unnecessarily harassed while taking actions against criminals.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said no one can distort the country's history and play ducks and drakes with the fate of the nation anymore.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud says BNP now appears to have become a ‘failed party’ attributing the failure to its leadership and its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in particular.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir accuses the jail authorities of neglecting the healthcare of the party chief Khaleda Zia, claiming her condition has deteriorated further.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned to undertake development projects in such a way that arable lands are not damaged for those.

Ex-Awami League leader Ruhul Amin, the alleged instructor of a rape in Noakhali’s Subarnachar, is denied bail at the High Court.

Bringing back BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to Bangladesh may take time, British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson says.

Thailand's Pheu Thai party said on Wednesday it had formed a "democratic front" with six other parties after a disputed election, claiming the opposition alliance had won a majority in the lower house of parliament and the right to try to form a government.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urges people to make a fresh pledge for restoring the country’s democracy and free party chief Khaleda Zia from jail through movement.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Qauder has been shifted from Intensive Care Unit ( ICU) to a cabin of the Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government trying to build a future where the children will have a beautiful, secure and prosperous life.