The Philippines yesterday expanded a ban on its citizens working in Kuwait after President Rodrigo Duterte angrily lashed out at the Gulf state over reports of Filipino workers suffering abuse and exploitation.

BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, now in London, is the mastermind of Wednesday's attack on Bangladesh High Commission in London, alleged ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.

Pakistan warned India against cross-border strikes in the disputed region of Kashmir after Indian authorities blamed a Pakistan-based group for an attack on an army camp in which soldiers and their families were targeted.

A mob beat up an alleged robber to death at Belua village in Tongibari upazila on Sunday.

A Myanmar government minister has told Rohingya refugees living in a makeshift camp on the Bangladesh border they should take up a government offer to return, warning they will face "consequences" if they stay where they are.

Ruling Awami League lawmaker Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir yesterday claimed that the media reports against him over the Farmers Bank loan scam were based on imagination.

Return of the Rohingyas without guaranteeing citizenship and safety in Myanmar will not be sustainable, but will contribute to another cycle of exodus in the long run, says a UK-based Rohingya rights activist.

She served Bangladesh for 57 years -- throughout the Liberation War and thereafter -- and finally 87-year-old Sister Lucy Helen Francis Holt is to become a Bangladeshi.

The Ballapunji Government Primary School is set in the heart of Jaflong, a popular tourist destination around 60 kilometres away from Sylhet city.

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

Aerial photos of Rakhine state have emerged that appear to show several bulldozed Rohingya settlements, renewing accusations Myanmar is wiping out the homes and history of the Muslim minority.

Two Ohio police officers were shot and killed while responding to an emergency call during a possible domestic violence incident Saturday, authorities said.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani yesterday called for a "year of unity" after recent protests as Iran celebrated 39 years since the Islamic revolution.

Hong Kong police said yesterday they were investigating a deadly bus accident that left 19 people dead and scores more injured, with the bus driver arrested for dangerous driving.

Papua New Guinea is responsible for the human rights of refugees sent to a remote island by Australia, the UN human rights chief has said, as advocates warn the men are living in fear of violence from local residents.

Tanzania's Catholic church yesterday accused the government of President John Magufuli of violating democratic norms by limiting freedom of expression.

The death toll from a militant attack on an army base in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir climbed to 10, police said, as a siege at the compound stretched into a second day.

Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation yesterday destroyed around 229 tonnes of unsold jute seeds due to alleged low germination.

The widow of freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed told a court yesterday that her husband used to tell her that MP Rana and his brothers might kill him.

Police arrested two youths yesterday over the allegation of raping a teenage girl in Savar though the victim claims the accused were not the culprits.