Arab states that have cut ties with Qatar meet in Cairo yesterday to discuss their next move in the Gulf diplomatic crisis, after Doha said their demands were impossible to meet, reports AFP from Cairo. The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt are holding the…

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is scheduled to pay a three-day official visit to Bangladesh from July 13.  Sirisena will hold a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and meet President Abdul Hamid during the visit, diplomatic sources said, reports UNB.   The upcoming visit will…

The US and South Korea have held a ballistic missile drill, after North Korea tested a long-range missile experts believe may reach Alaska, reports BBC. Self-restraint was "all that separated armistice and war" and could be changed at any time, the two allies said. It would be a "grave…

The government has sent two additional deputy inspector generals (DIGs) of police on forced retirement. The additional DIGs-- Yeasmin Gafur, commandant of Special Branch Training School of Dhaka and Bakhtiar Alam, commandant of Sarda Police Academy in Rajshahi-- were sent on forced retirement as per…