A Rangpur court rejects bail petitions of two accused in Japanese citizen Kunio Hoshi murder case.

Should we call them unthinking or distasteful or outcome of politics overpowering ethics, tastes and values? Yes, we are talking about what the politicians and ministers are saying about the recent attacks on publishers and freethinkers.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges that monarchy has been established in Bangladesh obliterating democracy.

The Supreme Court defers till Nov 17 the hearing on the petitions filed by condemned war criminals Mojaheed and Salauddin seeking review of its judgements that upheld death penalties for their crimes against humanity in 1971.

The Supreme Court rejects three petitions filed by BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, seeking extension of its order that granted him bail in three arson and vandalism cases.

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses his party’s strong condemnation over the attacks on country’s publishers that killed one and injured three others in Dhaka.

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says more BNP leaders may follow Shamsher M Chowdhury and quit due to a rift between Khaleda-Tareque and several top leaders.

Awami League’s acting General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif hopes those who believe in the spirit of the Liberation War will leave BNP.

A Dhaka court frames charges against Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman and 8 others in an arson case of March 2013.

BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury resigns from all posts of the party citing health reasons. He submitted his resignation letter to the party’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday.

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan says the party would not take responsibility if “any of its members” is found personally involved in two foreigners’ killings.

There is no doubt that the instruction for killing the two foreigners in Bangladesh came from London, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif says.

A Dhaka court frames charges against BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case.

A Dhaka court places former BNP lawmaker Dewan Mohammad Salauddin and Municipality Mayor Mohammad Refat Ullah each on a 10-day remand in two cases filed for keeping firearms and explosives illegally.

Awami League Joint Secretary General Mahbubul Alam Hanif blames the BNP-Jamaat political alliance for today's bomb attack at Ashura programme at Shia headquarters in old part of Dhaka.

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urges the government not to put the blame on BNP for the killings of two foreigners in Bangladesh.

BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the government is conspiring to keep top BNP leaders away from polls by punishing them in “false cases”.

Dhaka court sentences BNP leader and former mayor of the city Sadeque Hossain Khoka to 13 years imprisonment in his absence for amassing wealth illegally and concealing his information from the Anti-Corruption Commission.

Condemned war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury files a petition praying to the Supreme Court to record statements of eight including five Pakistanis during hearing of his review plea.

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia urges people regardless of their creed and colour to remain alert so that no one can carry out any evil act against the country’s religious harmony.