Raushan Ershad, leader of the opposition in parliament, says she will do whatever necessary to withdraw the case lodged against her husband HM Ershad.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader pays a courtesy call to his predecessor Syed Ashraful Islam at his Hare Road residence in Dhaka.

The Global Times, China's nationalist state-owned tabloid, has warned that Singapore's "hypocrisy" over its military relationship with Taiwan could harm bilateral relations with China, according to a published op-ed.

China has lodged a protest with Singapore after the Republic's armoured vehicles were seized by the Hong Kong customs en route from Taiwan.

Chittagong University has removed its assistant proctor Anwar Hossain after he was implicated in a murder case filed over death of Bangladesh Chhatra League activist Diaz Irfan Chowdhury.

Francois Fillon, a conservative reformist promising to shrink the French state, clinches the rightwing nomination for next year's presidential election with a resounding victory over his rival Alain Juppe.

The Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that had granted bail to Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna in two cases, clearing the way of his walk out of jail.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon the government to provide shelter to the repressed and oppressed Rohingya people of Myanmar on humanitarian ground.

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena asks Donald Trump to pressure the UN Human Rights Council to drop war crimes allegations against the country's troops.

The High Court grants bail to BNP leader Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel for six months in eight violence cases.

The Supreme Court set tomorrow to pass orders on two petitions against the High Court orders granting bail to Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna in two cases filed on charge of sedition and provoking the armed forces to topple the government.

Secretary of Election Commission (EC) Secretariat Mohammad Abdullah says all measures would be taken to hold a free and fair election in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC).

Classes at Chittagong University are being hampered following a strike enforced by the supporters of Bangladesh Chhatra League central leader Diaz Irfan Chowdhury, who was found dead in his house on campus on November 20.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia reiterates her call for talks to reach a consensus on formation of an acceptable election commission for holding the next general election in a free and fair manner.

World leaders pay tribute to Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States

Gaibandha Santals file a case against 33 including the local Awami League lawmaker and UNO in connection with the killing, looting, arson and illegal eviction of the indigenous community people on November 6.

Embracing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Non-Aligned Summit in Algiers in 1973, Fidel Castro remarked: "I have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib. In personality and in courage, this man is the Himalayas. I have thus had the experience of witnessing the Himalayas."

Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied US efforts to topple him, died on Friday, his younger brother announces to the nation. He was 90.

Bangladesh stands eighth among the Asian countries in terms of women’s parliamentary representation with women occupying 20% of the seats in the national parliament. Nepal with 30% closely followed by the Philippines with 27% is the Asian leader with women occupying of the seats in its national parliament.

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury advises BNP to deal with the prime minister instead of the president to meet the demand for formation of an independent and nonpartisan election commission.