The government will not be able to hold the next general election easily keeping BNP aside from the process, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the party’s secretary general, says.

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahabubul Alam Hanif alleges that BNP is doing politics with affected people in the haor areas.

BNP vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu reiterates his party’s call to the government to disclose the deals signed with India upholding spirit of the constitution.

BNP says it will not allow holding of any election in the country without the participation of the party.

Chittagong University authorities suspend today’s final year examination of journalism department following a protest waged by BCL men protesting suspension of one their fellow activists. Next examinations will be held according to the routine and a new schedule for today’s examination will be announced later, says Md Jakaria, the chairman of fourth year examination committee of CU.

BNP forms its committees for Dhaka city’s south and north units with Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel and Abdul Quayum as presidents respectively.

BNP calls upon the government to raise the issue of 58 common rivers including Teesta with India to United Nations for getting fair share of water.

Singapore’s passport takes top spot -- in a tie with Germany -- in a global ranking of the world’s passports.

Two Razakars from Kishoreganj are sentenced to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. The condemned war criminals are -- Syed Mohammad Hussain alias Hossain, 64, and Muhammad Moslem Pradhan, 66. Moslem is in jail while Hussain is on the run.

Underscoring the necessity for all countries to support their most vulnerable citizens, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bhutan says it is the responsibility of all to make sure adequate social and medical support for individuals with autism and neuro-development disorders.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and three others are acquitted of charges in radar purchase scam case. In 1992, the then anti-graft body filed the case against them over a loss of Tk 64.04 crore to the state exchequer by purchasing radars from the USA.

Bangladesh and Bhutan signs five instruments including three Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) and two agreements in sectors like to further boost the bilateral ties between the two countries in the fields of agriculture, trade and commerce and culture.

BNP has demanded that the government declare flash flood affected haor areas as disaster prone.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader criticises BNP for not observing Mujibnagar Day, the oath-taking day of the country's first government in 1971.

Terming the ruling Awami League an evil force, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calls upon his party men to turn their grief into strength to unseat AL from power.

The government extends the deadline for this year’s Hajj registration to April 23. Earlier in the day, Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (Haab), the private body for Hajj arrangement, suspended its registration process demanding more time.

Joya Sengupta, newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) from Sunamganj-2 constituency, takes oath at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury says that ruling Awami League will have to face trial for disappearance of about 500 of the party’s leaders and activists.

The tenth parliament goes into its fifteenth session on May 2. The House is set to sit at 5:00pm.

Governor of Leningrad in Russia Oblast Alexander Drozdenko expresses his interest in recruiting skilled manpower specially doctors from Bangladesh.