Garment workers walk barefoot on a pavement in the capital's Banani. The women say their factory managers deduct from their wages if they leave the factory premises during the less-than-an-hour break for lunch. To dodge this illogical rule, the workers, who cannot bring meals from home, leave their shoes behind when they go out for a quick bite. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Police arrested five people, including four Rohingyas, in Bagerhat town on Thursday. It is not clear how the Rohingyas left different refugee camps in Cox's Bazar and ended up in Bagerhat. Ilias, right, a resident of Cox's Bazar was arrested with the Rohingyas. They were sent to Ukhia Police Station in Cox's Bazar yesterday, said police in Bagerhat. Photo: Star
Laos' Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Brunei's Prime Minister and Sultan Hassanal Bokliah, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Philippines' Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter Cayetano, Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak pose for a photo at the one-off summit of 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Sydney, Australia, yesterday. Use of encrypted messaging apps to plan terrorist attacks is the greatest threat facing intelligence agencies in modern times, Australia warned yesterday as Southeast Asian leaders vowed closer cooperation to counter extremism. Photo: AFP
