British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake has assured Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali of looking into how the country can ease the visa process.

The High Court yesterday set February 11 for delivering a verdict on appeals by three condemned militants of Huji, including its chief, in a case filed over the grenade attack on the then British envoy in 2004.

Newly-appointed high commissioners of two top countries -- United Kingdom and India -- will take up their diplomatic assignments in Bangladesh shortly.

The United States and United Kingdom express deep shock at the attack on Shia Mosque in Bogra which left one person killed.