Malaysian immigration police have rescued 65 Bangladeshi workers, believed to be victims of human trafficking, from the dormitory of a foreign worker recruitment company in Bandar Baru Nilai and arrested two Malaysians over the incident.

European Union envoys yesterday agreed to prolong for another six months the bloc's blacklist of people and entities involved in Russia's destabilisation of Ukraine, diplomats and officials said.

Qatar has approved legislation to scrap controversial exit visas which require all foreign workers to obtain their employers' permission to leave the country, according to official statements published Tuesday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to work with maximum integrity to brighten the image of the airlines as well as the country.

More than 1.4 billion adults are putting themselves at heightened risk of deadly diseases by not getting enough exercise, doctors are warning, with global activity levels virtually unchanged in nearly two decades.

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said there is no scope for a large-scale use of electronic voting machines in the upcoming parliamentary elections as the voters are yet to be familarised with them.

At least 19 people aboard an Emirates flight from Dubai to New York were confirmed ill when the aircraft landed yesterday at John F Kennedy International Airport, after as many as 100 passengers and crew reported feeling sick, authorities said.

Police claim to have arrested five members including two military wing leaders of outlawed militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh in Bogra's Sherpur upazila early yesterday.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to give first-class division facilities in jail to noted photographer Shahidul Alam.

Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in separate “shootouts” between law enforcers and their “associates” in Shariatpur and Feni yesterday.

Around 66 percent of the respondents support Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the PM, according to a survey by the International Republican Institute (IRI).

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday admitted that the government could not fully implement the ban on the movement of locally-made three-wheelers' on highways due to opposition from many politicians, including public representatives.

Malaysian immigration department has detained more than 30,000 undocumented migrants, including an estimated 7,000 Bangladeshis, since January this year.

A visa row between China and host nation Nauru almost derailed the Pacific's largest annual diplomatic summit, it emerged yesterday, exposing sensitivities about Beijing's rising influence in the region.

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor sought the death penalty against prominent cleric Sheikh Salman al-Awda at the start of his trial yesterday in Riyadh, a year after his arrest, media said.

Spain's first trial linked to thousands of suspected cases of babies stolen from their mothers during the Franco era resumed at a Madrid court yesterday, decades after the scandal broke.

Yemen's warring parties meet in Geneva tomorrow for a new round of peace talks with little hope of a breakthrough in an "ugly war" between the Saudi-backed government and rebels linked to Iran.

Mymensingh's Civil Surgeon has ordered the shutting down of a private hospital in Mymensingh town over the recent death of a schoolgirl due to alleged negligence.

Amid anger over 'spycam porn', authorities in Seoul have pledged to conduct daily checks in public toilets, but campaigners on Monday called for stronger regulations on hidden cameras commonly used to target women.

The BNP is going to form 40,000 polling centre-based committees across the country as part of its preparations for the upcoming national elections and a movement demanding a non-partisan polls-time government.