PM Hasina tells the Jatiya Sangsad that WhatsApp and Viber will be blocked, when needed, to nab people who are carrying out criminal activities in the country using the apps.

Eminent writers, scholars and cultural activists have issued a joint statement voicing frustration over failure to bring the killers of writers and free thinkers to justice.

Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says the door for dialogue is needed to be kept open for the sake of politics.

BNP criticises the authorities for issuing an arrest warrant against the party’s senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman and termed it illegal.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith hints that the provision of selection grade and time scale will stay in the new pay scale for the government staffs.

BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon says the country’s law and order cannot be called “normal” when law enforcers are being killed by criminals.

The Government has decided to appoint Masud Bin Momen as the next ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, New York, according to the Foreign Ministry announcement of today.

A BNP-backed platform of eminent citizens hold the government responsible for the killing of Jagriti Prokashany owner Faisal Arefin Dipan.

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

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”.

“Canadians have chosen change. Real change,” Trudeau said during his speech at his campaign headquarters in Montreal.

China's leader Xi Jinping is expected to put the seal later on its contribution to what will be the first UK nuclear power plant to be built in a generation.

The government plans to introduce 40 percent quota for local students in secondary school admission across metropolitan cities in the country.

State Minister for Telecommunication Tarana Halimtoday gives two months to the mobile phone operators for improving their service quality and bringingdown call drops to a minimum level.

Bangladesh Passengers’ Welfare Association urges government to solve crisis in transport sector that has arisen out of “uncontrolled” fare hike in public transports.

The government plans to regulate staffing in non-government schools, colleges and madrassas, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said today.

To expedite the arrest of Gaibandha lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton’s arrest, the government seeks the Supreme Court’s stay on a High Court order that directed him to surrender before a lower court by October 18.

Foreign ministry has strongly advised Bangladeshi nationals against travelling to war-torn Libya until further instructions.

Police charge batons to disperse medical test protesters demanding retake of medical and dental college tests at Karwan Bazar today, as they were heading towards health directorate to submit evidence of question paper leak.

Jatiya Party Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad slams government claiming ruling Awami League has failed to perform its “constitutional duties”.