Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin says maintaining a balance between development and environmental safety issues is the biggest challenge of the present government.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for a one-week visit to Germany and United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend an international security conference in Germany’s Munich and a defense exhibition in UAE’s Abu Dhabi where she would also hold bilateral talks with the leaders of Middle Eastern nation.

A bipartisan group of six influential US Congressmen has voiced concern over the status of democracy in Bangladesh and called upon the Trump administration to address “threats to democracy” in the country.

Jatiya Oikyafront decides to hold a mass hearing programme on February 24, bringing allegations of vote rigging, balloting stuffing and violence in the December 30 national election.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tells parliament that the government has taken decision for refining the curriculum of the primary education by 2019-20.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses strong condemnation to the incident of killings of three people by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in Thakurgaon's Baharampur village.

Thailand's Election Commission says it will ask the constitutional court to dissolve a party that put forward a princess as a prime ministerial candidate, days after the king rebuked the move in a stern royal command.

President Donald Trump says he was unhappy with a deal struck by congressional negotiators on border security that denied him funds for his promised US-Mexican border wall, but did not reject it outright as fellow Republicans urged his support.

The Thai king's sister, disqualified this week by the country's Election Commission from running for prime minister, apologizes for causing "problems" for the Thai people ahead of next month's election, the country’s first since a 2014 coup.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged members of Ansar and VDP to remain vigilant against drug abuse, militancy and terrorism.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said road accidents have become a major concern, once again admitting his failure to bring discipline in the road transport sector.

Election Commission declares valid the nominations of 49 aspirants for the parliamentary seats reserved for women.

Awami League presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury is set to become deputy leader of the House for the third consecutive term.

Forty-nine aspirants yesterday submitted nomination forms for election to the parliamentary seats reserved for women.

Facebook Inc is expanding its fact-checking network in India to curb the spread of misinformation as the world's largest democracy prepares for a general election that must be held by May, the US-based social media giant says.

Thailand's Election Commission disqualifies the sister of the king from running for prime minister, ending a stunning, short-lived candidacy for a populist party after King Maha Vajiralongkorn called the bid "inappropriate".

Campaign for Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral by-polls officially began yesterday, with the allocation of symbols among five mayoral candidates by the Election Commission.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday told parliament that the government will settle the issue of trying Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party for its involvement in crimes against humanity, through a legal process.

A lawmaker from the main opposition Jatiya Party is made chief of the parliamentary standing committee on Public Accounts, for the first time in history.

Awami League announces names of the party’s chairman contenders for the second phase of upazila parishad elections in 122 of 129 upazilas scheduled to be held on March 18.