Malaysia yesterday said the perpetrators of violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya mi-nority must “be brought to justice”, in sharp comments delivered at a normally tame re-gional summit.

Myanmar authorities ordered telecoms companies to shut down internet services in conflict-torn western Myanmar, a leading operator said yesterday, amid heightening tensions in the region, where government troops are fighting ethnic rebels.

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be visiting Bangladesh from July 8 to 11, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said.

A man died by suicide in Brahmanbaria yesterday, police said. The incident comes two days after his son allegedly raped one of their teenage relatives.

The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs has approved a bipartisan legislation to impose sanctions on Myanmar military in response to the genocide against Rohingyas.

Fifty-six percent of those involved in militant activities have ‘‘general education’’ background, according to a survey by the police headquarters. “We conducted the survey on 250 people, arrested between 2015 and 2017 for their involvement in militancy, and found that most of them have come from general schools,” said Md Moniruzzaman, additional deputy inspector general (intelligence) of police’s Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU).

The authorities of Payra power plant have directed the Bangladeshi workers to leave the construction site and not return until further notice.

Tehran yesterday warned Washington that any attack would see its interests across the Middle East go up in flames as US President Donald Trump said he will impose additional sanctions against Iran in an effort to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons, adding that military action was still a possibility.

Bangladesh Awami League, one of the oldest and biggest political parties in the country, will celebrate its 70th founding anniversary today.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on Venezuela to release jailed dissidents Friday and said the crisis-wracked country faced a “serious” humanitarian situation.

The chairman of Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila allegedly threatened the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) on Friday night.

Lawmakers from the treasury and opposition benches criticised Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in parliament yesterday for keeping “insufficient” allocation for education, health and culture sectors in the proposed budget for fiscal 2019-20.

Flights were suspended Friday at Tripoli’s only working airport after rocket fire hit its perimeter, Libyan Airlines told AFP.

Thousands of climate activists Friday started marching toward a huge German coal mine they plan to blockade in a protest against global warming, an issue that has shot to the top of the European political agenda.

China may have intensified its lookout for North Koreans who have escaped the reclusive state to Chinese territory, a senior UN official said on Friday.

The EU on Thursday stepped up its rhetoric over Turkey’s “illegal” drilling for oil and gas off Cyprus, raising the threat of sanctions if Ankara refuses to back down.

A yaba trader was killed in Cox’s Bazar yesterday by his rivals, police said.

Malaysia’s prime minister yesterday vowed to help Rohingya Muslims seeking refuge in Malaysia, reiterating the call for Southeast Asian leaders to “stop the oppression” of the stateless minority group expelled from Myanmar.

At least 100 candidates missed the recruitment tests for primary schoolteachers at a centre in Barishal yesterday due to adverse weather.

Two siblings drowned in the Buriganga river yesterday as a boat capsized after being hit by a launch near the capital’s Sadarghat launch terminal.