The Election Commission yesterday declared five Awami League (AL)-nominated candidates elected uncontested to the reserved seats for women in the parliament.

The High Court on Monday fixed October 27 for hearing a rule issued over the proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust case.

The main opposition BNP will hold a rally in the capital’s Paltan Maidan on September 27 to demand the ruling coalition leave office and give way to parliamentary polls under a non-partisan caretaker administration.

Central government minister Ambika Soni has met the West Bengal chief minister in an apparent bid to resolve differences over the Teesta water-sharing pact.

Pro-Awami League lawyers on Wednesday warned of legal action if BNP Chief Khaleda Zia does not withdraw her statement about former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in 15 days.

The Indian prime minister’s forthcoming visit to Bangladesh is aimed at strengthening Indo-Bangladesh ties and improve bilateral relations, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday.

Leaders of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, a women’s human rights organisation, yesterday demanded introduction of a direct election system for the reserved parliamentary seats for women.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been selected as the 7th among 12 top world women leaders by the Time Magazine.

BNP lawmaker advocate Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia and two pro-BNP lawyers got bail Thursday in connection with a case filed for vandalising a vehicle in the capital’s Dhanmondi area.

Sri Lankan first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa and Maldives vice president’s wife Ilham Hussain yesterday met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Gono Bhaban residence separately yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi yesterday expressed unanimous opinion about concerted efforts among the South Asian nations to root out militancy and terrorism from the region.

Sonia Gandhi was given a red carpet welcome last night on her first-ever visit to Bangladesh to attend a conference on autism.

Sonia Gandhi, president of India’s ruling Congress party, is flying in here tonight on a 24-hour visit to attend an autism conference and receive a posthumous award on behalf of former Indian premier Indira Gandhi.

The government will provide VVIP protocol to four important women of South Asia during their visit to Dhaka to attend a two-day regional conference on autism beginning July 25.

Pakistan’s first woman foreign minister — and also its youngest — was sworn in yesterday, ending a five-month job vacancy a week before crucial peace talks in India.