Jurors will begin deliberating the fate of ex-Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein on Tuesday in his high-profile sex crimes trial that marked a watershed moment in the #MeToo movement.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last night asked her party leaders and activists not to go overboard with the observance of “Mujib Borsho”, the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar yesterday defended his country’s controversial new citizenship law and crackdown in Kashmir, as he came to Brussels to promote what he hopes will be closer strategic ties to the European Union.

Israeli commercial planes have started overflying Sudan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, casting the new air corridor as the result of a breakthrough meeting with the African Muslim country’s de-facto leader this month.

EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to a naval operation to enforce an arms embargo on war-torn Libya, overcoming objections from countries who feared it may encourage new migrant flows.

India yesterday proposed trans-border protected areas for cooperation in wildlife conservation with neighbouring countries.

President Donald Trump has called for Russia to end its support for the Syrian regime’s “atrocities” as he expressed US concern over violence in the Idlib region, the White House said Sunday.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has recommended that the 172 Bangladeshi students in China’s Hubei Province not be brought back home as that would risk spreading coronavirus in Bangladesh.

An inter-ministerial body has decided against making a road through two reserve forests -- Hazarkhali Wildlife Sanctuary and Boroiyadala National Park -- in Chattogram.

Around 80 percent of those linked to militancy use social media and different encrypted messaging applications to communicate with each other.

Bangabandhu says that although he has friendly feelings towards the people of USA, he cannot support President Richard Nixon’s administration, which has still not recognised Bangladesh.

A woman died and seven of her family members suffered burn injuries in a gas explosion at a Shahedpara residence in Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj upazila early yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman in a case filed over the death of college student Naimul Abrar Rahat.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has apparently downplayed the Rohingya crisis as he compared Bangladesh-Myanmar tension over the issue with a quarrel of a couple.

Dhaka Club and Gulshan Club yesterday filed two separate petitions with the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the High Court verdict that asked the government to stop games involving cards, roll of the dice or luck.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to form taskforce in all districts, led by deputy commissioners, to stop unregistered and unfit vehicles plying the road.

Controversial Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who claims to have leaked a sex video of a prominent Paris politician, was arrested by French police on Saturday over an unrelated act of violence, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.

Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh on Saturday formed a new government but it immediately hit major hurdles after members of the key Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party pulled out of the lineup.

Jatiya Party Chairman and Deputy Leader of the Opposition GM Quader yesterday stressed the need for amending article 70 of the constitution to empower lawmakers in parliament.

Democratic US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said on Saturday Mike Bloomberg would not generate the “excitement and energy” needed to win the White House, focusing on a rival still not fully participating in the race.