A Bangladesh court sentenced five men to death in absentia for atrocities perpetrated during the country's war of independence in 1971, prosecutors said Thursday.

Bangladesh court sentences five accused war criminals to death

Russian troops in Venezuela not linked to any military operations: Foreign ministry A day after President Trump asked Russian troops to "get out" of Venezuela, the Russian foreign ministry said that its troops in Venezuela were "not linked" to any military operations.

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At least five people were killed while Several others still feared trapped in a huge fire that broke out in a 22-storey building in Dhaka's Banani area on Thursday, in the latest blaze to hit the Bangladeshi capital.

Five killed in Bangladesh building fire; several still feared trapped

A Bangladeshi mother has stunned doctors by giving birth to healthy twins 26 days after a first child was born prematurely. Arifa Sultana, 20, gave birth to a baby boy last month through normal delivery, but doctors missed the presence of a second uterus.

Bangladesh mother gives birth to twins one month after first birth

Bangladesh is not in a hurry to relocate Rohingya refugees to a Bay of Bengal island, a minister told Reuters on Monday, after the United Nations sought more details on the government's plan, criticised by some human rights groups.

Bangladesh says no hurry to relocate Rohingya, in talks with United Nations bodies

An official at the UN refugee agency UNHCR met with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and on Thursday said they were "grateful" to their host country but longed to return to "normalcy and dignity" to Myanmar.

Grateful to host Bangladesh, but Rohingya refugees belong to Myanmar: UNHCR

Husna Ahmed was 19 when she arrived in New Zealand from Bangladesh on her wedding day. Waiting to meet her was Farid, the man she would marry in a few hours, as their families had agreed.

'I am your mother now': New Zealand mosque shootings hit tight-knit Bangladesh community hard

A lawyer for FIFA council member Mahfuza Akhter Kiron is set to file a petition in a Bangladesh court on Tuesday seeking bail for the official who has been arrested in a defamation case following her criticism of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Bangladesh FIFA official arrested for 'defaming' PM Sheikh Hasina

Myanmar's army said on Monday it had set up a military court to investigate its conduct during a crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that forced more than 730,000 to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.

Myanmar military court to probe Rohingya atrocity allegations

Two Bangladeshis have been killed, five others injured and three were missing in New Zealand's worst terror attacks that claimed 49 lives, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said here on Saturday.

2 Bangladeshis dead, 5 injured, 3 missing in New Zealand terror attack: State minister

The third cricket Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh has been cancelled in the wake of a shooting at a mosque in Christchurch on Friday. The visiting team narrowly avoided the shooting after arriving at the mosque for prayers.

Third New Zealand-Bangladesh Test cancelled after shooting at Christchurch mosque

In a two weeks long joint operation by India and Myanmar against the Rohingya insurgent groups Arakan Army and Naga terror group NSCN(K), the countries launched a massive crackdown destroying several camps of the terror organisations.

Joint India, Myanmar operation targets Rohingya insurgents and Naga terror groups

Bangladesh is extending the deadline by three months for companies to submit expressions of interest (EOI) to build the country's first onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Bangladesh extends deadline to submit plans for new LNG terminal

Bangladesh said Wednesday it would start relocating tens of thousands of Rohingyas from overcrowded camps to a remote island vulnerable to extreme weather, despite the plan attracting considerable controversy.

Bangladesh to move Rohingya to island next month: Minister

A double ton from Ross Taylor and three quick Bangladesh wickets Monday put New Zealand in a prime position to pull off an exceptional victory in the rain-shortened second Test in Wellington.

NZvsBAN, 2nd Test: Ross Taylor's double ton raises New Zealand victory hopes in rain-hit Test

Bangladesh expects Saudi Arabia to invest $35 billion in infrastructure projects, its finance minister said on Thursday after meeting a visiting Saudi delegation.

Bangladesh eyes $35 billion in Saudi investment but doesn't give time frame

Of world's 25 most polluted cities, 20 are Indian

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday blamed the West Bengal government for delay in fencing along the India-Bangladesh border. Singh said that the Home Ministry had notified the Bengal government to acquire land so that fences could be constructed along the border between the two nations.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh blames Bengal government for delay in fencing of Indo-Bangla border

Bangladeshi authorities on Tuesday barred Indian writer-activist Arundhati Roy for a second time from holding a discussion to be hosted by a government critic as police withdrew the permission for the venue.

Dhaka Police revoke nod to Arundhati Roy talk

Bangladesh is cracking down on chemical warehouses in a historic Dhaka district a week after a fire killed 70 people in buildings used for deodorant and plastics storage, an official said Sunday.

Bangladesh crackdown after deadly Dhaka inferno

Bangladesh forces handed back on Sunday a Myanmar soldier more than two months after he strayed across the border into a jungle in the Muslim-majority nation, a senior official said.

Bangladesh returns 'lost' Myanmar soldier

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the participation of India as the guest of honour at the Abu Dhabi foreign ministers' meet and, it said, hopes to embrace India one day.

Hope to one day embrace India in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation: UAE foreign affairs minister

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met her Maldives' and Bangladesh counterparts, Abdulla Shahid and Dr AK Abdul Momen, respectively on the sidelines of 46th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Foreign Ministers Meeting in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

Swaraj discusses bilateral issues with Maldivian, Bangladeshi counterparts at OIC meet

Thirty-five people, believed to be Rohingyas abandoned at sea, were found safe on a Malaysian beach on Friday, officials said, part of what authorities fear could be a new wave of dangerous people smuggling by sea.

Dozens of Rohingyas found on Malaysian beach: Officials

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