Myanmar immigration authorities detained 106 Rohingya Muslims aboard a boat off Yangon yesterday, officials said, raising fears of a fresh wave of dangerous voyages after a 2015 crackdown on people smugglers.

A Dhaka court placed BNP Executive Committee Member Nipun Roy Chowdhury and six others on five days' remand yesterday in three cases filed over Wednesday's clash and attack on police in Nayapaltan.

At least 15 people were injured in a clash between Adivasis and Bangalee settlers following a land dispute in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur yesterday.

Rice bran oil of three of the 12 Bangladeshi brands is below par, says a government study.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has decided to send a regional taskforce to Myanmar to assist the Rohingya repatriation from Bangladesh.

The Biswa Ijtema will not be held as per its schedule this year due to the national election.

Prime Minister Theresa May battled yesterday to save a draft divorce deal with the European Union after her Brexit secretary and other ministers quit in protest and eurosceptic lawmakers stepped up efforts to topple her.

The fourth edition of the Dhaka International Folk Festival (DIFF) 2018 was inaugurated yesterday in the capital's Army Stadium. Folk music enthusiasts enjoyed the thoroughly entertaining performances by musicians from both home and abroad.

A nine-year-old orphan was rescued by police and district administration after she was allegedly raped by a shopkeeper on Monday and then “confined” in a room of Patuakhali Government Orphanage, where she lived, by orphanage authorities for over three days.

The High Court is yet to hear the probe reports on the 2012 communal attacks on Buddhists in Ramu of Cox's Bazar although five years have elapsed since their submission.

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five out of 11 suspects charged in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, his office said yesterday, as the kingdom tries to contain its biggest political crisis in a generation.

Coming down heavily on the BNP for attacking police and torching their vehicles, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked them not to hatch conspiracies to foil the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

Senior BNP leaders Mirza Abbas and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi are among the 488 people accused of attempting to foil the upcoming parliamentary polls in three cases.

A suspected drug trader was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Sadar upazila early yesterday.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday asked the assistant returning officers to ensure equal opportunity for all candidates during the 11th general election scheduled for December 30.

US Vice President Mike Pence yesterday expressed the Trump administration's strongest condemnation yet of Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims, telling leader Aung San Suu Kyi that "persecution" by her country's army was "without excuse".

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday told a Dhaka court that her party leaders had been kept busy with cases at a time when the preparation for the national election was underway.

Russia's top opposition leader Alexei Navalny was allowed to leave Russia yesterday, a day after border guards prevented him from flying out of Moscow for a European court ruling.

Family members and relatives are set to compete against each other in different constituencies in the December 30 parliamentary polls.

A federal judge said he would hold a hearing on CNN's lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking the speedy reinstatement of press credentials for White House correspondent Jim Acosta, a frequent target of President Donald Trump.