The international aid sector must take action to end abuses, Britain's International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt said

President Abdul Hamid yesterday said his “jail life” was prolonged for a few more years.

A man involved in the 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in northeast Nigeria has been jailed for 15 years, the government confirmed yesterday.

The United States yesterday described Myanmar denials of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims as “preposterous” as it called on the UN

The United Nations Security Council should refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court to investigate genocide and other atrocities against the Rohingyas, Fortify Rights said as the UNSC convenes a briefing on the Rohingya situation in New York today.

India's apex court has said convicted people becoming office-bearers of a political party and selecting candidates for elections goes against the spirit of one of its judgments to ensure the “purity” of elections.

The BNP top brass urged the party leaders and activists to intensify movement to ensure the release of Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.

Kuwait's foreign minister yesterday condemned what he called an "escalation" by Manila after the Philippines expanded a ban on its nationals working in Kuwait.

Egyptian police yesterday arrested former anti-corruption chief Hisham Geneina after he suggested that a presidential hopeful he campaigned for possessed damning material against state officials, his lawyer said.

Two armed ethnic groups signed a ceasefire in Myanmar yesterday in a move which the government hopes will revive a flagging peace process dogged by continuing fighting and widespread distrust of the army.

Denmark's Prince Henrik, the 83-year-old French-born husband of Queen Margrethe who has been hospitalised since January for a lung infection, was discharged yesterday to spend "his last days" at home, the palace said.

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg yesterday warned the EU its new defence cooperation pact must not undermine the alliance, as US officials voiced fresh concerns about the flagship initiative.

Pakistan police have arrested a gang accused of extracting spinal fluid from swindled victims, officials said yesterday, the latest case involving the country's notorious medical black market.

Over the past three decades in parts of Jessore region, roadside mulberry trees have become a welcome addition to the landscape.

A survey in the Sundarbans begins today to know the number of tigers.

A day after assaulting a journalist, Chhatra League men yesterday beat up two more reporters in Rangamati, police and witnesses said.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Sonali Bank to resume the process of recruiting manpower to 2,201 posts of senior officer, officer and cash officer.

South Africa's ANC party confirmed yesterday it had decided to "recall" scandal-tainted President Jacob Zuma from office but said there was no deadline for him to resign, pitching the country into further uncertainty.

India has warned Pakistan that it would pay for a deadly militant attack on an Indian army camp in the northern state of Jammu and

Bangladesh has signed a deal to involve the United Nations in the controversial process of returning Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, a minister said yesterday.