President Abdul Hamid issues an ordinance amending the local government law making municipal polls partisan.

BNP spokesperson Ashaduzzaman Ripon criticises Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for accusing the party’s leaders and activists of carrying out secret killings in the country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleges that Khaleda Zia was out on a killing mission assassinating Awami League leaders, activists, writers, publishers and foreigners in her bid to tarnish the country’s image abroad.

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

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 Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif says BNP will fall apart for resorting to terrorism and siding with war criminals.

Health Minister Mohammad Nasim blasts Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and demands that the organisation apologise for its statements on the parliament and elections.

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

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.

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed calls upon the diplomats of different countries residing in Bangladesh “not to overreact” on the matter of the killing of two foreign nationals.

The government's move to hold local government polls on partisan lines will increase nomination business in local elections, says former election commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain.

Sourav Mia, the 10-year-old boy who was shot by Gaibandha-1 lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton is released from Rangpur Medical College hospital (RMCH) today after 25 days of treatment.

TIB's parliament watch study reports positive changes but says expected effectiveness was under question most of the time. The positive changes include average meeting duration, time spent while passing a law, and increase in the average attendance of parliament members on workdays and decline in quorum crisis on average.

A Gaibandha court denies bail to ruling party lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton in a case filed over shooting a 10-year-old boy.

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 demands impartial investigation into bomb attack at Shia Muslim group's headquarters in old part of Dhaka that killed one and injured 87 others.

A local activist of the ruling Awami League has been killed and five others injured during infighting at Natore’s Singra upazila.

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”.

Manjurul Islam Liton, Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, files petitions with a court in Gaibandha today seeking bail in two cases--one for shooting a minor boy and another for vandalism and looting a house.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the US travel alert for its citizens in Bangladesh will not hamper the country’s economy.