In 2012 the Parliament criminalised human trafficking by enacting the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act.

The 10th parliament goes into its second budget session on June 1.

A grid failure at Haripur in Narayanganj resulted in shut down of a number of power plants in the country leaving many areas in the capital including parliament and Bangabhaban without power for up to an hour.

The government will provide new electricity connections to 1.21 crore people within this year by setting up 3.23 lakh kilometres of transmission line and 650 sub-stations, says State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid Bipu.

Singapore is bidding farewell to its founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who died on Monday aged 91.

Opposition MPs in India marches to the presidential palace to protest against a controversial land acquisition bill.

State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan says in parliament the government is planning to form a separate force to combat terrorism

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia would be arrested and her Gulshan office searched once court orders reach police, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament