Bangladesh has more green garment factories than any other country in the world.

Myanmar yesterday deployed a huge contingent of its army with heavy weapons along the Tombru border with Bangladesh, creating panic among the Rohingyas on the adjacent no-man's land. Frightened, some of the refugees entered the Bangladesh territory.

Detectives in Cox's Bazar sold off 7.22 lakh yaba pills they had seized for Tk 8 crore, according to a complaint filed by a sub-inspector.

International Crisis Group has warned that Bangladesh's contentious national politics have played a role in “enabling the jihadist resurgence”.

The US decision to blacklist seven Islamic State groups from around the world, including one linked to Bangladesh, is a blow to Dhaka's image and may leave an adverse impact on the country in the long run, diplomats and foreign affairs experts have said.

Describing the atrocities carried out on Rohingyas in Rakhine as genocide, visiting three female Nobel Peace laureates yesterday said the perpetrators must be brought to justice.

The three female Nobel Peace laureates have urged Bangladesh, the UN and other state parties to refer Myanmar military and other perpetrators to the International Criminal Court for the “genocide” against the Rohingyas.

Four Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers were killed and four others injured in a mine explosion near Douentza in the Mopti region of Mali, said Inter Service Public Relations.

The amount of defaulted loans of top 25 defaulters stood at Tk 9,696 crore as of September last year, according to a Bangladesh Bank list.

The BNP has sent a letter to the United Nations, alleging that the government was hatching a blueprint for an election without Khaleda Zia, a number of BNP leaders said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday thanked Leader of the Opposition Raushan Ershad and opposition Jatiya Party leaders for “giving democratic practices an institutional shape”.

The BNP has sent a letter to the Election Commission, saying that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina must not carry out any election campaign on behalf of her party with public money.

A Chhatra League man and a former leader of the student body have confessed to snatching Tk 37 lakh from two gold traders in the capital's Sutrapur nine days ago, according to court sources.

Monday was another day of reckoning for the United Nations. As the UN chief and the UN high commissioner on human rights decried the mass violation of human rights, genocide and unjust wars raging all over the world from Syria to Myanmar to Congo, one thing came out even clearer -- the undemocratic character of the UN system has left the world an unsafe place for the weak.

The UN rights chief has slammed a lack of international action to rein in the carnage in conflict zones including Syria and Myanmar, and described the places as "some of the most prolific slaughterhouses of humans."

The visiting Nobel Peace laureates have promised Rohingya women to be their voice and pursue justice on their behalf.

The six-year-old daughter painfully narrated to her mother how she had been raped. She is so little, her father said. “I cannot describe

Opposition Leader Raushan Ershad yesterday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to relieve three Jatiya Party lawmakers of cabinet posts to help it emerge as the “real opposition” party.

Attending a wedding in Gazipur on Sunday night, Kajal Rani Saha and her son Shuvo Saha were on way to their home in Chandpur's Haziganj yesterday.

European Union foreign ministers yesterday agreed to prepare sanctions against Myanmar generals over the killings of Rohingya Muslims and to strengthen the EU arms embargo, accusing state security forces of grave human rights abuses.