A Canadian former diplomat held by China was granted a second consular visit Thursday, as more nations backed Ottawa's demand that he and a detained compatriot be released.

Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Yousef Al-Othaimeen yesterday extended his warmest congratulations to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as the PM of Bangladesh.

Russia's media watchdog accused the BBC Thursday of spreading the ideologies of "terrorist groups" via online publications of its Russian service, the latest in a tit-for-tat row over media impartiality.

Standing in his garden in Kabul, Baz Mohammad Kochi oversees the drilling of a new well more than 100 metres deep after his first water reservoir dried up. He is not alone.

The #MeToo movement helped sweep Democrats to victory in November's midterms, but some of the party's leading lights, including potential 2020 candidates, face scrutiny from the women's anti-harassment drive that brought men to account for sexist behaviour.

Nepal yesterday strongly pitched for convening of the Saarc summit, saying differences should be resolved through dialogue and the grouping should collectively deal with terrorism and other key challenges facing the region.

Four women were allegedly confined and raped at a house in Rampur area of Feni town for around six months.

Police arrested two suspected rapists in Lalmai upazila of the district on Wednesday.

His monthly salary is only around Tk 24,000, but he has been able to buy a house in Australia's Sydney spending more than two lakh US dollars.

Prime Minister of Thailand Gene Prayut Chan-o-cha (Ret) has said his government is determined to work closely with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the mutual benefits of the two countries and peoples.

Two suspected yaba traders were killed in a “gunfight” with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar early yesterday.

Bangladesh has ranked 97th in the updated Henley Passport Index, gaining three notches up from its previous ranking.

A Bangladesh High Commission official stationed in Canberra has been alleged to be involved in issuing fake tourist visas to a group of Rohingyas living in Australia.

The Taliban launched a series of attacks on security checkpoints in four Afghan provinces early yesterday, killing 32 members of the security forces and pro-government militias, provincial officials said.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday detained a revenue officer of the Chattogram Customs House with Tk 6 lakh in suspected bribe money.

A leading figure in Egypt's 2011 revolution was handed 15 years in prison on Wednesday after a retrial, a judicial source told AFP.

On a late December morning, an hour-long stroll through the centuries-old Bamboo forest surrounding the Gandagram village of Shajahanpur upazila revealed the sight of hundreds of small colourful minivets. In awe of such an astonishing sight, I suddenly spotted something different.

An Israeli ex-minister charged with spying for the country's arch-foe Iran has reached a plea bargain with prosecutors that will see him serve 11 years in prison, the justice ministry said yesterday.

Britain's armed forces were yesterday supporting police at London's Heathrow Airport after a drone sighting led to the suspension of all departing flights for nearly an hour on Tuesday.

Hundreds of people yesterday gathered in Sudan's capital in a show of support for President Omar al-Bashir's embattled regime after deadly anti-government protests erupted across the country last month.