Malaysia’s Parliament reopened Monday for the first time this year after a seven-month suspension due to a coronavirus emergency that has failed to curb a worsening pandemic.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck south of the Philippine capital early on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

Malaysian police have arrested 49 men -- 48 of them Bangladeshis -- in connection with a prayer gathering, in violation of Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP), outside a surau (Islamic assembly building) in Taman Pelangi area of Johor state.

UN human rights experts today expressed concern over the condition of rights defenders in Myanmar, and called for a stronger international response to the military coup, including coordinated sanctions and an arms embargo on the junta by forming an “emergency coalition of nations”.

Malaysian cabinet ministers yesterday unanimously pledged their support for Muhyiddin Yassin to continue as prime minister, amid a new round of political uncertainty after the premier lost the backing of the country’s biggest party.

About 5,000 Afghan families have fled their homes in Kunduz after days of fighting between Taliban fighters and government forces, officials said yesterday, as the deadline looms for US-led troops to withdraw.

The Myanmar military regime has organised a new legal team led by its foreign minister, U Wunna Maung Lwin, to present the defense in the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Among South Asian cities, Dhaka is the most expensive city for foreign nationals in terms of living expense.

The UN refugee agency’s (UNHCR’s) goodwill ambassador Tahsan Khan yesterday visited Cox's Bazar and met with Rohingya refugees to learn about their experiences on World Refugee Day.

Bangladesh expressed deep disappointment during adoption of the resolution on the situation of Myanmar, which it said, failed to adequately reflect on the Rohingya crisis and in recommending any action to resolve that crisis.

Al Jazeera English journalist Drew Ambrose, who produced a documentary “Locked up in Malaysia’s Lockdown” -- detailing the abuse of migrant workers during the Covid-19 pandemic last year, has won the Journalist of the Year award at the One World Media Awards in London for his work.

Bangladesh has sought a clear roadmap from the United Nations for repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar.

China launched a spacecraft on Thursday carrying three astronauts to part of a space station still under construction for the longest stay in low Earth orbit by any Chinese national.

China will send three astronauts into orbit on Thursday in a high-stakes mission, the first of four crewed space flights to complete the country’s space station by the end of next year.

New Zealand today announced NZ $8.25 million (US$5.89 million) in humanitarian assistance to support refugees and their host populations in Bangladesh and to support the need of internally displaced and conflict affected people in Myanmar.

Another unidentified body of a child was found on a char of Naf river under Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar this morning, reports our local correspondent quoting police.

Bangladesh will reiterate its position, seeking quick and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas, as Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen leaves for New York this morning (Sunday) to attend two important events at the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

A 35-year-old Chinese national, who was held by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) near the border with Bangladesh in West Bengal’s Malda district for illegal entry on June 10, has claimed he runs a hotel in a posh locality of Gurugram -- a satellite city of Delhi -- along with an Indian partner, police sources said.

The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos released Friday that the rover took on the red planet.

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos will fly to space next month on the first space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin, the billionaire said on Monday (June 7).