Amnesty International yesterday urged the Bangladesh authorities to look into the “ongoing violent attacks on journalists and activists” ahead of the 11th parliamentary polls.

A row between Seoul and Tokyo escalated yesterday after Japan released video it said backed up its claim that a South Korean warship had locked its weapons targeting system onto a Japanese plane.

Campaigners have voiced concern after former UN human rights chief Mary Robinson said a princess who tried to flee the United Arab Emirates was "clearly troubled".

Ten police officers were killed and three wounded in an ambush in northwestern Burkina Faso on Thursday, the west African country's security ministry said.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet next week in Brazil with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Washington prepares to withdraw troops from Syria, the State Department said Thursday.

China's customs administration announced yesterday it had approved US rice imports, a move that comes during a 90-day tariff truce between the two countries which are engaged in a bruising trade war.

The Brazilian military's central role in Rio de Janeiro state security is nearing its end, with a drop in some indicators of violence but a significant increase in people killed during police operations.

Egypt's foreign minister and intelligence chief yesterday headed to Sudan for talks with government officials facing deadly protests and calls for President Omar al-Bashir to step down over price hikes.

An American adventurer has become the first person to complete a solo trek across Antarctica without assistance of any kind.

Voters in char areas of Lalmonirhat seem to have lost hope as several promises regarding the area's development had been announced in previous elections over the decades but nothing was done in reality.

Three sons of presidents are running for parliament from Kishoreganj and people are saying it's the district of the VIPs.

Anarul Islam, a rickshaw-van puller, parked his vehicle in front of Sumon's grocery shop in Ramchandrapur village of Rajshahi's Paba upazila in Rajshahi-3 constituency yesterday noon while two Awami League activists were describing their party's dominance in the area to this correspondent sitting inside the shop.

Indonesia yesterday raised the danger alert level for an erupting volcano that sparked a killer tsunami at the weekend, after earlier warning that fresh activity at the crater threatened to trigger another deadly wave.

There was a thin presence of voters during a mock voting using electronic voting machines in Satkhira-2, Khulna-2 and Rangpur-3 yesterday.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday introduced Shafiullah Al Munir, Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate for Tangail-5, as the grand alliance contender in the constituency.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of the Election Commission's rejection of an application for cancelling the candidacy of 25 Jamaat-e-Islami leaders.

The telecom regulatory commission has slowed mobile internet by shutting down 3G and 4G services yesterday night.

Police fired teargas and shots were heard as hundreds of people in eastern DR Congo protested yesterday at a move to delay upcoming elections in their region, an AFP reporter said.

French maritime authorities intercepted 11 migrants trying to cross the English Channel in an inflatable boat early yesterday, one of a rising number of attempts despite freezing winter temperatures.

The Sampadak Parishad (Editors' Council) yesterday urged the Election Commission to ensure free movement of media vehicles across the country from the day before the polls to the day after.