The ruling Awami League leaders are threatening opposition men to stop them from joining their rally, the BNP alleged yesterday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday opened the world's largest diplomatic gathering with a stark warning of growing chaos and confusion as the rules-based global order comes under threat of breaking down.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the world community to demonstrate its strong political resolve to create a secure and accessible cyberspace for the future generations as the risks from its misuse could be serious for international peace.

Indian media yesterday came down heavily on ruling Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah for terming illegal immigrants from Bangladesh “termites” and “vermin” and said it “coarsens discourse and deepens divides” and risks “ruining relations” with the neighbour.

Malaysia must punish corrupt people but the problem has not reached such a stage that the corrupt should be sentenced to life in prison, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed October 1 for hearing a leave to appeal petition filed by the government challenging a High Court order that asked the authorities concerned to give first-class division facilities in jail to internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam.

With a mock security pass that lists her as the "First Baby" of New Zealand, 3-month-old Neve Te Aroha made her United Nations debut on Monday when her mother - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern - spoke at a peace summit in the General Assembly.

Bangladesh and Malaysia yesterday decided to allow all licensed recruiting agencies of Bangladesh to send workers to the Southeast Asian country, following allegations of a syndicate of 10 agents monopolising labour recruitment since early 2017.

China yesterday expressed "strong dissatisfaction" over US plans to sell a batch of military parts to the self-governing island of Taiwan, adding to tensions between the global superpowers.

A Philippine lawmaker fiercely critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war was yesterday arrested on previously dismissed charges, a move condemned by watchdogs as persecution of the government's opponents.

Bahrain's attorney general yesterday charged nearly 170 people with forming a Shia "terrorist organisation" named for Lebanon's famed militant group Hezbollah.

Amnesty International condemned the recent arrests of thousands of people in Ethiopia's capital, saying the detentions "threaten a new era of human rights gains" under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet has agreed that EU citizens should not have preferential access to work in Britain compared to people from elsewhere after Brexit, media reports said yesterday.

Iran's intelligence ministry said yesterday that investigators had found last week's deadly attack on a military parade in the mainly ethnic-Arab southwestern city of Ahvaz was mounted by "jihadist separatists".

China yesterday defended the Hong Kong government's decision to ban a political party that promotes independence and expressed "strong dissatisfaction" at countries which criticised the move.

A 14-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly raped and then held hostage for ransom in Charakahali of Rajapur in Jhalakathi on Sunday.

A US government investigation has found that Myanmar's military waged a "well-planned and coordinated" campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities against the Southeast Asian nation's Rohingya Muslim minority.

The government is using law enforcement agencies to frighten people and curb their rights, said rights activists at a dialogue in the capital yesterday.

Detectives have pressed charges against lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana and 20 others in a case filed for attempting to murder a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader in Ghatail in 2016.

Two alleged criminals -- a drug dealer and a robber -- were killed in “gunfights” with law enforcers in the capital and Madaripur early yesterday.