UNB, Dhaka UN experts yesterday expressed deep concern that the impending deadline in the Indian state of Assam to finalise a process to determine citizenship could see the world's total stateless population explode overnight by more than 4 million. The independent experts said that the draft National…

The BNP and its allies do not have candidates in 21 constituencies as the candidature of their nominees have been rejected either by the Election Commission (EC) or higher courts. Party sources said that at least 17 BNP and alliance candidates, now in jails in different cases, either cannot take part…

The High Court (HC) yesterday cleared the way for 25 Jamaat-e-Islami contenders for the 11th parliamentary election by declining to direct the Election Commission (EC) to treat the leaders as disqualified for contesting the election. However, the HC issued a rule asking the EC and government to explain…

The home ministry has opened a ‘law and order coordination cell’ yesterday to coordinate the country’s law and order situation till January 1 next year and to monitor the situation before and after next polls slated for December 30. Additional secretary Md Abu Bakar Siddique is supervising…

Russia has reiterated its position to resolve Rohingya crisis through "bilateral negotiations" saying it will not support any resolution in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to put pressure on Myanmar engaging the UN. "China has its own policy. Our position is very similar to…

Following the Election Commission’s (EC) instruction to restrict the impact of money on votes, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has imposed a restriction on mobile financial services (MFS) during the December 30 parliamentary polls. The central bank has asked mobile banking service providers to stop all sorts…

President Donald Trump used a lightning visit to Iraq -- his first with US troops in a conflict zone since being elected -- to defend the withdrawal from…

The United Arab Emirates will reopen its embassy in Damascus yesterday, an official said, the latest sign of efforts to bring the Syrian government back into the Arab fold. The UAE broke ties with Syria in February 2012, as the repression of nationwide protests demanding regime change was escalating…

The government has given accreditations to 188 members of nine international organisations and 12 foreign missions to observe the upcoming parliamentary election. The organisations set to act as observers include the EU, Commonwealth, OIC, Forum of Election Commission Management of South Asia (FEMBOSA),…