The UN Security Council will hold an informal meeting today to hear from former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, also the head of Myanmar’s government-appointed Rakhine advisory commission, about the plight of the Rohingyas, according to international media. France and Britain requested the meeting…

Malaysian deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will arrive in the capital on Sunday on a day trip to Bangladesh to have firsthand information about the dire Rohingya situation. His visit will include a trip to Cox’s Bazar where more than five lakh Rohingyas, who fled to Bangladesh to escape…

 The United States yesterday announced that it will withdraw from the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), accusing the body of "anti-Israel bias," reports AFP. Israel has said it will join the US in pulling out of the UN's cultural organisation Unesco, after…

The government will file a review petition, seeking some changes in the observations made by the Appellate Division in the verdict repealing the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, within next 28 days. The 16th Amendment empowers Parliament to remove judges for "inability" and "misconduct".…

Appellate Division Senior Judge Md Abdul Wahab will be the acting CJ till the return of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha who is expected to go abroad on leave today. A notification was issued by the law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministryin this regard yesterday. According to sources close…