A verditer flycatcher rests on a twig in Donoil village in Naogaon’s Badalgachhi upazila. This species, found in different areas from the Himalayas

Articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress were set to be formally read to the Senate yesterday, setting in motion a historic trial that threatens the US leader with removal from office.

As the world struggles with plastic pollution, self-taught artist Emilia Roy found a creative way of recycling the waste generated by the synthetic matter.

Egypt has accused four staff of Turkey’s state news agency Anadolu whom it arrested of spreading “false news” and working with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.

Germany’s foreign minister headed to Libya yesterday to persuade strongman Khalifa Haftar to join an international conference on the conflict, as the UN urged support for the peace initiative.

Singapore’s controversial law against online misinformation was challenged in court for the first time yesterday as concerns mount it is being used to stifle criticism ahead of elections.

Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in violence-wracked northeastern Nigeria, security sources and one of those freed said yesterday.

German prosecutors on Wednesday said they were investigating three people who allegedly spied for China, with media reporting that a German former EU diplomat was among the suspects.

UN investigators yesterday called for the children of IS jihadists to be repatriated from Syria and said they could be harmed if the parents were stripped of their nationalities.

Three far-right Israeli political parties joined forces late Wednesday, seeking to strengthen their hand in a coming election after a left-leaning alliance was announced earlier in the week.

The past decade has been the hottest on record, the UN said Wednesday, warning that the higher temperatures were expected to fuel numerous extreme weather events in 2020 and beyond.

Qatar scrapped mandatory exit permits for migrant domestic staff and other groups yesterday, as part of efforts to boost rights for guest workers amid scrutiny of its record.

It was a record-baking effort. Hundreds of bakers and chefs in southern India came together Wednesday to create what they said is the world’s longest cake -- about 6.5 kilometres (four miles).

The government of Myanmar should take steps to urgently restore full citizenship rights for Rohingyas, Fortify Rights said yesterday.

Due to poor visibility caused by fog, authorities kept flight operations and ferry services suspended for several hours early yesterday.

Silencing critics, journalists, students, and activists did not subside in Bangladesh last year, rather the landslide victory of Awami League in December 2018 elections seemed only to have emboldened authorities in their crackdown, the Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

Police officials, from now on, will also be posted at the Border Guard Bangladesh, mainly with the responsibility to make flawless seizure lists and prepare cases.

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is going to conduct a survey for assessing necessary infrastructure that would be required to start collecting tolls on the four-lane highways across the country.

People’s rights to freedom of speech is at stake now, BNP lawmaker Rumeen Farhana told parliament yesterday.

An Australian student arrested for spying and expelled from North Korea last year said he was forced to write a false confession while held incommunicado.