President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his US Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term.

A male purple sunbird perches on a tree near Government Azizul Haque College in Bogura town recently. Their vibrant, almost electric

A secretive criminal court in Saudi Arabia is being used to silence critical voices including clerics and rights activists, in the name of the fight against terrorism, Amnesty International said yesterday.

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More than 100 child protection organizations yesterday urged Facebook to halt plans for strong encryption of all its platforms, saying that would allow predators to operate freely.

A US security contractor has been kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan, an official confirmed yesterday, the latest instance of a foreigner being taken in the war-torn country where abductions are common.

Lebanon’s new cabinet yesterday approved a policy statement expected to outline a broad action plan to save the protest-hit country from one of the worst economic crises in decades.

President Mahmud Abbas will travel to the United Nations next week to push for a Security Council resolution condemning US President Donald Trump’s peace proposals, Palestinian officials said Wednesday.

Indian police are “harassing” primary school students by repeatedly questioning them after their school was charged with sedition over a play allegedly criticising the government’s contentious citizenship law, rights groups said Wednesday.

Turkey yesterday urged Russia to press for an end to the Syrian offensive in the last rebel bastion of Idlib after a deadly flare-up this week.

Pope Francis insisted Wednesday poverty could be beaten if the world’s rich play a full part in ending inequality as he attended a conference on financial inclusion.

Garlic, ginger and onion prices soared in the capital throughout last week as traders fear that China may not resume business operations after its Lunar New Year break is over.

Israeli air strikes near Damascus and in the south of Syria yesterday killed 23 Syrian and non-Syrian fighters aligned with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, a Britain-based war monitor said.

A suspected robber was killed in a “gunfight” with Rab in the city’s Turag area early yesterday.

A Dinajpur court yesterday handed capital punishment to five people for abducting and killing a four-year-old boy in the district’s Ghoraghat upazila in 2015.

Twenty eminent personalities and an organisation will receive the country’s second-highest civilian award, Ekushey Padak, this year in recognition of their contributions to various fields.

The UN Security Council’s EU member states called Tuesday for Myanmar to bring to justice those who have carried out human rights violations against Rohingya Muslims.

The country’s first-ever expressway from Dhaka to Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila is going to be opened for public next month as construction work of the road is almost done.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is accorded a hearty welcome on his arrival in Kolkata this morning on a two-day visit.

Human rights groups yesterday called for the release of at least 10 Moroccan citizens arrested and prosecuted over the past five months who “did nothing but peacefully express critical opinions”.