Mainul Hosein sent to jail

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on Tuesday sent former army-backed caretaker government adviser Mainul Hosein to jail in a defamation suit which was filed in Rangpur.

Khashoggi's murder was 'violently planned,' top Turkish official says

The killing of Jamal Khashoggi was "a violently planned" murder that was subsequently covered up, the spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party said Monday.

US sails warships through Taiwan Strait amid tensions with China

The US Navy sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait Monday, a show of force that is bound to irritate Beijing and comes amid heightened US-China tensions on a range of issues.

Mainul Hosein arrested

Detective Branch of police on Monday night picked up former army-backed caretaker government adviser Mainul Hosein, also an organiser of newly-floated opposition political alliance Jatiya Oikya Front, from the residence of the Front’s top leader ASM Abdur Rob.

PM sees no need to reduce cabinet during elections

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday tacitly turned down newly formed opposition alliance Jatiya Oikya Front’s proposal for dialogue on the 11th parliamentary elections and their seven-point demand.

Surveillance footage shows Saudi operative in Khashoggi's clothes after he was killed, Turkish source says

One member of the 15-man team suspected in the death of Jamal Khashoggi dressed up in his clothes and was captured on surveillance cameras around Istanbul on the day the journalist was killed, a senior Turkish official has told CNN.

PM waits for increase of number of demands by Jatiya Oikya Front

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said waits for responding to the demands made by Jatiya Oikya Front over next general election as the number of demands is increasing.

RMG workers clash with cops in Nayaranganj, 40 hurt

At least 40 people were injured in a clash between garment workers and members of law enforcement agencies in Export Processing Zone at Adamjee in Narayanganj on Monday morning.

Saudi foreign minister says killing of Khashoggi was 'tremendous mistake'

Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told Fox News that the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a "tremendous mistake" and part of a rogue operation.

World's longest sea-crossing bridge opens between Hong Kong and China

A $20-billion bridge connecting Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai is set to finally open this week, marking the completion of the longest sea-crossing bridge ever built, nine years after construction began.