Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours

     FGN38 BANGLA-COURT-TRAVEL BAN
     * Dhaka court debars 17 ex-ministers from leaving Bangladesh
     Dhaka: A court in Bangladesh Monday debarred 17 former ministers, including ex-foreign minister Mohammad Hasan Mahmud, and nine lawmakers of the ousted Sheikh Hasina government from leaving the country after an anti-graft body filed petitions, accusing them of involvement in corruption, a media report said. *

     FGN36 BANGLA-SPEAKER-RESIGN
     * Bangladesh Parliament Speaker Shirin resigns
     Dhaka: Bangladesh Parliament Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury resigned on Monday, nearly four weeks after President Mohammad Shahabuddin dissolved the house following the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina. *
    
     FGN42 UK-TORIES-OPPOSITION-LEADER
     * Priti Patel, 5 others make pitch to succeed Rishi Sunak as UK Opposition leader
     London: British Indian former home secretary Priti Patel is among six candidates making their leadership pitches to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party chief and Opposition Leader as the UK Parliament resumed after its summer recess on Monday. *

     FGN35 PAK-IMRAN-ASIF
     * Imran Khan's military trial 'possible', says Pakistan's defence minister
     Islamabad: Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that a military trial of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was "possible" in the cases concerning the violence on May 9 last year. *
    
     FGN29 BANGLA-MUTINY-REINVESTIGATION
     * Bangladesh interim govt to re-investigate 2009 paramilitary BDR mutiny
     Dhaka: Bangladesh interim government on Monday said it will "soon" start re-investigation and fair trial into the 2009 mutiny in the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) that had killed 74 people, including 57 army officers serving in the force. *

     FGN4 BANGLA-TEESTA TREATY-HASAN-INTERVIEW
     * Bangladesh to push for restarting dialogue with India on Teesta water sharing treaty: Interim govt adviser
     Dhaka: Bangladesh's interim government wants to restart with India the dialogue on the Teesta water sharing treaty, adviser on water resources Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said, asserting that upper-riparian and lower-riparian countries should adhere to international principles on the distribution of water. *
    
     FGN27 LANKA-PREZ POLL-EXPENDITURE
     * Any candidate violating expenditure act to face disqualification in presidential poll: Lanka EC
     Colombo: Any candidate found to have violated campaign finance regulations in Sri Lanka's presidential election can face disqualification, the island nation's election commission said on Monday. *
    
     FGN17 BANGLA-INDIAN-VISAS
     * Indian Visa Application Centres in Bangladesh open limited slots for urgent medical and student visas
     Dhaka: Indian Visa Application Centres in Bangladesh’s major cities have begun offering limited appointment slots for Bangladeshi nationals requiring urgent medical and student visas. * PY
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