The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged the Bangladesh government to halt all executions and institute a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe formally invites his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina to attend the outreach meeting of G-7 scheduled to be held on May 27 in Japan.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has urged the Bangladesh government to take urgent, concerted measures to ensure the protection of all those being threatened by extremists 'operating in the country'.

Transport fares will be reduced by 1 paisa per kilometre if the government brings down fuel prices by Tk 1 per litre, road transport and bridges minister says.

Anti-Corruption Commission forms a three-member body to find whether there is mention in hacked Panama Papers of any Bangladeshis having offshore accounts.

The United Nations renews its call for the security authorities in Bangladesh to ‘adequately protect’ online activists who might be at risk. European Union strongly condemns the killing of Jagannath University student Nazim.

The total number of known executions worldwide rise by more than half last year to 1,634, the highest figure recorded since 1989, Amnesty International says as Pakistan sent three more men to the gallows.

The government is not adequately responding to naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water across large areas of rural Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a report.

The High Court questions ed the legality of the government’s action of not including the names of 40 freedom fighters of Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila in the gazette notification.

The government requests a visiting European Union delegation to legalise Bangladeshi nationals, who are staying in different European countries after expiry of their valid documents.

Unapproved institutions and commercial establishments must leave from the residential areas in Dhaka city within the next six months.

Amid growing concern over illegal migration to Europe, a high-powered delegation from the European Union has arrived on a three-day visit.

The Supreme Court tells its judges to sign the judgements or orders within six months after delivering them, even in the case of any special cases.

With commitment to create congenial atmosphere for people with autism, PM Sheikh Hasina says government is taking steps for taking care of orphan autistic people.

The government reduces the price of furnace oil by 30 percent.

Around 12.19 lakh examinees from 8533 educational institutions will take part in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled to be begin on April 3.

The United States will send back 30 Bangladeshis living illegally in the western country, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says.

The US say it will remain beside Bangladesh in the ongoing fight against violent extremism and terrorism, which threaten societies that cherish basic human freedom.

The Road Transport and Bridges Ministry introduces the installment system of paying motorcycle registration fees.

The two ministers who were found guilty of passing contemptuous comments about the chief justice neither violated the constitution nor their oath as ministers, the law minister says.