Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed yesterday warned that whoever threatening the officials responsible for clearing illegal establishments on the Karnaphuli river would face actions.

President Donald Trump appeared prepared Friday to ignore the US Congress's deadline to determine who ordered the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi amid new revelations that Saudi Arabia's crown prince spoke of going after the journalist "with a bullet."

At least 70 people died after consuming spurious liquor in two adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Uttarakhand states of India, officials said yesterday.

The Hindu community is celebrating Saraswati Puja across the country today amid much enthusiasm, festivity and religious fervour.

President Donald Trump, who delights in confounding health experts with his junk food cravings and disinclination to exercise, is "in very good health," his doctor declared Friday following an annual medical checkup.

A Palestinian suspected of having killed a young Israeli woman has been arrested in a raid in the West Bank city of Ramallah, an Israeli police spokesman said yesterday.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said yesterday that a slew of peaceful elections and truces in Africa were signs of a "wind of hope" on the continent.

Kurdish-led forces in eastern Syria prepared Friday for a push on the last remaining speck of the Islamic State group's "caliphate" where diehard jihadists and their families are holed up.

The death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in Istanbul rose to 17 as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that authorities have "lessons to learn" from the incident.

An activist of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) was shot dead by criminals in front of a hotel in Panchhari upazila on Thursday evening.

Instagram late Thursday announced it is clamping down on images related to self-injury such as cutting.

Australian and US authorities yesterday announced they had seized around a billion dollars worth of methylamphetamine -- or "ice" -- in a bust that revealed new ties between Mexican cartels and Aussie biker gangs.

At least two people died and 14 police officers were injured Thursday, police said, as thousands of Haitians protested against rampant inflation and demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise on the two-year anniversary of his inauguration.

An Australian court yesterday delivered a landmark ruling by rejecting plans to build a coal mine on the grounds it would worsen climate change.

Iran celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution's victory on Monday at a time of heightened tensions with the United States and a sharp economic downturn.

The Buddhists from Myanmar's Chin state, who took shelter in a remote hilly area of Ruma upazila early this week, have been suffering from shortage of food, clothes and medicine amid cold weather.

US lawmakers threatened Thursday to take tougher action against Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi amid a new revelation that the kingdom's powerful crown prince spoke of going after him with a "bullet."

The Awami League has picked 41 woman candidates for the election to the reserved seats of the 11th parliament, which will be held on March 4.

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn yesterday called his elder sister's bid to run for prime minister in March "inappropriate" and unconstitutional, likely sinking her candidacy for a populist opposition party.

Two police officers, who allegedly abducted three youths from Gazipur's Kaliakair upazila for ransom, were arrested yesterday.