Nine veteran Hong Kong activists face jail after they were convicted yesterday for their roles in organising one of the biggest democracy protests to engulf the city in 2019.

Bangladesh authorities must conduct prompt, thorough, impartial, and independent investigations into the death of at least 14 protesters in the country between March 26 and 28, said 11 human rights organisations in a joint statement yesterday.

A member of Jubo Samity, the youth wing of Jana Sanghati Samiti (MN Larma), was shot dead in his sleep allegedly by a member of the organisation in Babupara area of Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila early yesterday.

The immigration department of police yesterday sent a report to the attorney general’s office that contains the names and addresses of 13,931 Bangladeshi nationals with dual citizenship and dual passports for placing it before the High Court.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday urged all Indian opposition parties to unite against ruling BJP, a day before she clashes in Nandigram in a vote battle against one of her former confidante who defected to BJP, which has thrown a serious challenge to her 10 year rule in the crucial Indian state.

Abdul Quader Mirza, younger brother of ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, yesterday decided to resign from his post in the AL.

The UN Secretary General U Thant declined to request the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) to send relief to the victims of Pakistan military massacre in Bangladesh.

Leaders and operatives of four local militant outfits are now operating an online business from behind bars to collect funds, say police investigators.

Scientists in Argentina have unearthed the well-preserved skull of a meat-eating dinosaur that roamed northern Patagonia about 85 million years ago - a beast with a short snout, keen hearing and stout bite strength that made it a daunting predator.

Dhaka University teacher Samia Rahman yesterday sued some unknown people under the Digital Security Act for what she claimed was feeding a DU probe body false and fabricated information.

In its annual report on the global state of human rights, the US Department of State documented in-depth the violations happening in Bangladesh.

John Kerry, the US special president0ial envoy for climate, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on April 9 when Bangladesh will convey its climate priorities to him.

A senior BBC correspondent yesterday said he had left China, after facing legal threats and pressure from authorities over his reporting on Xinjiang rights abuses and the coronavirus pandemic.

Hefajat men unleashed mayhem in Brahmanbaria during their hartal on Sunday after being divided into seven groups, according to locals and police sources.

Bangla Academy has cut the daily opening hours of Amar Ekushey Boi Mela 2021 by two and a half hours as the fair will now close at 6:30pm everyday. The schedule of the book fair has been changed due to the recent sharp rise in Covid-19 infection rate in the country, the Academy said in a statement yesterday.

Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in good health in a video meeting yesterday, one of her lawyers said, as the United States ordered its non-essential embassy staff to leave after “horrifying” violence against opponents of a coup.

Multiple Hindu temples and homes have come under attack since Sunday in different districts.

The European Union is set to agree to sanction several Iranian individuals today for human rights abuses, the first such measures since 2013, three EU diplomats said.

India’s Covid-19 situation is turning from “bad to worse,” a senior government official said yesterday, as infections surge across several states. “Remember if the cases are more, they will eventually overwhelm the system”, senior NITI Aayog Member Vinod Kumar Paul told a news conference.

Wrapping up a three-day visit to Bhasan Char, a UN delegation said it wants to continue dialogue with the government.