Repatriation of the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh will be high on the agenda of the minister-level meeting to be held between Bangladesh and Myanmar in Dhaka on Friday.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will make a speech on Brexit in the next three weeks, one of several planned addresses by senior ministers designed to set out the country's path to leaving the European Union, British media reported yesterday.

BNP-led 20-party alliance has expressed its solidarity with the BNP's protest programmes announced demanding the release of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.

Iran's academic community was in shock yesterday following the death of renowned environmentalist Kavous Seyed Emami, an Iranian-Canadian, who authorities claimed committed suicide in prison a fortnight after his arrest.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Rome yesterday on a four-day official visit to Italy to join the upcoming meeting of the Rome-based International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

Bangladesh has achieved self-sufficiency in fish and meat production, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Narayon Chandra Chanda said yesterday.

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.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson faces "difficult" talks next week with NATO ally Turkey on Syria and human rights, his delegation said Friday before a regional tour.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Rome this morning on a four-day official visit to join the upcoming meeting of the

Four high-powered European Parliamentary delegations have begun their visit to Bangladesh to see the plight of the Rohingya refugees

A young Bangladeshi woman was yesterday charged with stabbing a man in the neck while he slept in Melbourne in what Australian

Israel yesterday warned Iran and Syria against "playing with fire" and struck a dozen Syrian and Iranian targets inside Syria after an Israeli fighter jet crashed under fire from Syrian air defences in a severe increase in tensions.

Saleha Monir has never visited her son and daughter-in-law's graves.

SSC question paper for maths was leaked yesterday, like it was done in the case of Islamic studies, English and Bangla tests.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited the South's President Moon Jae-in for a summit in Pyongyang, Seoul said yesterday, even as the US warned against falling for Pyongyang's Olympic charm offensive.

Police picked up around 130 BNP men from several districts yesterday as the party continued its demonstration against the conviction

Awami League yesterday nominated Afruza Bari and Badruddoza Md Farhad Hossain Sangram as its candidates for the Gaibandha-1 (Sundarganj) and Brahmmanbaria-1 (Nasirnagar) by-elections on March 13.

President Jacob Zuma's exit from office edged closer yesterday as South African ruling party leaders cancelled a series of public