Amid growing international pressure to hold its military accountable for the brutal crackdown on the Rohingya, Myanmar is sending a high-powered delegation to Dhaka late this month to finalise preparations for the start of the Rohingya repatriation.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed a leave-to-appeal petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court against a High Court order that cleared the way for continuation of her trial in absentia in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

The United States yesterday gave Saudi Arabia more time to investigate the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as Turkish investigators searched Riyadh's consulate in Istanbul for a second time in a hunt for clues.

Gen Abdul Razeq, one of Afghanistan's most powerful security officials, was killed yesterday when a bodyguard opened fire following a meeting in the governor's compound in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said.

Counterterrorism officers are looking for 17 people with probable links to the four militant suspects -- two arrested and two killed -- in recent raids on two hideouts in Narsingdi.

The red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) has made a triumphant return to its old home in Lawachhara forest in Kamalganj Upazila of Moulvibazar.

The European Union wants a free, fair and inclusive election in the country scheduled to be held at the end of this year.

One of the Saudi suspects in the “murder” of Jamal Khashoggi has reportedly died in a mysterious accident.

The first ever hospital just for pet care is scheduled to begin operation, with the objective of providing treatment and healthcare to pet animals, at Purbachal in the capital later this month.

A bank official was killed and two others were injured when a bus hit a CNG-run autorickshaw from behind on Dewanhat flyover in Chattogram city yesterday morning.

Pro-government Turkish daily published gruesome new allegations that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by being gradually dismembered by a Saudi assassination squad, some of whom the New York Times said were tied to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Detectives are searching for the man suspected of torturing an 11-year-old domestic help in Barishal.

An Indian government minister resigned yesterday, saying he was doing so in order to fight accusations of sexual harassment levied by several women, the most high-profile casualty of a growing #MeToo movement.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said no one would be able to stop the pace of Bangladesh's development.

Cuban diplomats shouted slogans and noisily pounded tables at the United Nations on Tuesday, disrupting a meeting organised by the United States on the plight of Cuban political prisoners.

Clashes erupted in India yesterday as traditionalists tried to stop women visiting one of Hinduism's most sacred temples, with police waving batons charging stone-throwing protestors.

Pakistani authorities yesterday executed a man convicted of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl, in an incident that shocked the country and sparked riots earlier this year.

Jatiya Oikyafront leaders will brief foreign diplomats about its seven-point demand and 11- point goal today.

India's law ministry has opined that there is no time limit for reporting offences of child sexual abuse.

Criminals shot dead a member of United Peoples Democratic Front (Democratic faction) in Rangamati Sadar upazila yesterday evening. The victim is Shanto Chakma, 35, of Mobachhari village in Naniarchar upazila.