BANGLADESH: Dhaka today banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing and other associate bodies, terming the party as a “militant and terrorist” organisation as part of a nationwide crackdown following weeks of violence that left more than 200 people dead and thousands injured.

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blamed Jamaat-e-Islami, its Islami Chhatra Shibir student wing and other associate bodies for inciting violence during recent student protests over a quota system for government jobs.

MOLDOVA: Chisinau’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today it had expelled a Russian diplomat after two Moldovan officials were detained on suspicion of treason and conspiracy against the European Union candidate country.