High Court stays for three months the proceedings of 72 cases against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam. The court also issues a rule upon the authorities concerned to explain as to why the initiation and continuation of the cases should not be declared illegal. The rule is returnable in three weeks, the court says.

The government has allocated Tk 1,000 crore to buy jute and clear the dues of the workers of state-run jute mills amid an ongoing strike and agitation in Khulna.

International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver verdict any day in a case filed against five Kishoreganj men for allegedly committing war crimes in 1971 as the argument of both sides have been completed.

If there are more joint venture films audience will go back to the theatres, Shankhachil producer Habibur Rahman Khan says hoping that the golden days of the entertainment industry will rejuvenate with more Indo-Banlga films.

Power Development Board (PDB) says power supply now stands at a historic high. It is now supplying around 8300 megawatt of power—a sharp 800MW jump from last year’s corresponding period.

State-run jute mills’ workers of Khulna have blockaded the road and railway in the district to press for their five-point demand. The blockade is running parallel to a strike they are observing since April 4.

Bangladesh offers condolences over the death of devotees at a Kerala temple in India – that claimed the lives of at least 100 with twice more injured.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid the toll for her motorcade while crossing the Mayor Hanif Flyover while going to Keraniganj to inaugurate of the newly-constructed Dhaka Central Jail and her way back to the capital.

High Court will deliver Tuesday its verdict on a writ against biometric re-registration and registration for mobile phone’s subscriber identity module (SIM) cards.

Three persons are injured as a gas-cylinder of a car blasted at a CNG filling station in Chittagong’s Khulshi area.

Interns at Rangpur Medical College Hospital postpones their indefinite strike after a meeting with the hospital authorities.

Bangladesh Awami Olama League claims Pahela Baishakh celebration is ‘Haram’. So then, is our government upholding a ‘Haram’ culture as it is a public holiday? Are the 160 million Bangalis observing a Haram festival? How could one organisation openly declare this and walk away without any protest from any quarters or action from the government?

Taking a swipe at those protesting the government's move to construct coal-based power plants, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says some people have a bizarre imagination about coal and coal-based power plants which have already led to the loss of a few lives.

The Supreme Court upholds 13 years’ jail for Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia greets Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh.

AKM Rahmatullah and Abul Hasnat have been made presidents of Awami League’s Dhaka north and south city units.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the newly-constructed central jail in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka.

Anwar Hossain Manju and Sheikh Shahidul Islam are reelected as Jatiya Party (Manju) chairman and general secretary.

Three days into the killing of secular online activist Nazim Uddin Samad, investigators have yet to find out clue to the gruesome murder.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says the money of the general people of the country is being looted indiscriminately.