Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has been elected leader of the opposition in the 11th Jatiya Sangsad, said a gazette notification issued by the parliament secretariat yesterday.

BNP alleges that the government has resorted to a 'deep-rooted conspiracy' over the life of its chairperson Khaleda Zia by snatching her right to receive treatment.

The government has appointed personal secretaries to new ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers.

No one believes that BNP and Jatiya Oikyafront can do anything after they have been defeated both in their movement and the election, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Gopalganj’s Tungipara on the occasion of installation of her government for the third consecutive term.

The chief of Thailand's Election Commission says the election date cannot be fixed before publication of decree, denies choice of March 10.

US President Trump urges Congress to give him $5.7 billion this year to help build a wall on the border with Mexico, but stops short of declaring a national emergency that could have led to unilaterally funding the project.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder yesterday said he did not change his stance and reiterated that participatory polls does not necessarily equate to a fair election.

New Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury tells employees and staff of his ministry that he would not tolerate corruption.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says the government has a plan to constitute a commission to find out who were behind the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members on August 15, 1975.

The prime minister wants to run the country in a transparent manner, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Liberation War martyrs on the occasion of formation of her government for the third consecutive term.

The hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail petition in connection with a murder case filed for killing eight persons by arson in

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says implementing their party's election manifesto is the main challenge for the 47-member new cabinet.

BNP Senior Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed blames the government for reportedly barring relatives of the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia from meeting her in jail.

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that directed the Election Commission to register Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) led by its chairman Bobby Hajjaj as a political party.

Veteran Awami League (AL) leader also Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam is laid to eternal rest in the city’s Banani graveyard after Asr prayers , three days after he breathed his last at the age of 68 on Thursday.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who declared himself the leader of the opposition in parliament, now wants the status of a deputy prime minister. But such a post does not exist.

Left Democratic Alliance (LDA), a coalition of eight left-leaning political parties, yesterday demanded exemplary punishment, under a speedy trial, for all culprits involved with the Noakhali gang-rape.

A Dhaka court sends Barrister Nazmul Huda to jail after he surrendered before it in a bribery case involving Tk 2.4 crore, in which he was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment.