President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser Fiona Hill yesterday urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry not to promote “politically driven falsehoods” that cast doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election.

The government would procure 6 lakh tonnes of paddy directly from farmers in the current Aman season, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.

Three microbuses with tinted windows and no number plates entered the Cox’s Bazar Police Lines, escorted by four police vans on November 8.

Just before the sunset, a flock of painted storks was spotted on a char of the Padma river in Rajshahi. Experts said the winter visitor -- a colourful bird with an enormous bill, very long legs and of various shades of pink and red -- has arrived early this year. The photo was taken recently.

Israel’s attorney general indicted Benjamin Netanyahu on a range of corruption charges yesterday, the justice ministry announced, potentially spelling an end to the prime minister’s decades-long political career.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a brief one-on-one meeting at the Taj Bengal hotel in Kolkata this evening on the sidelines of the India-Bangladesh cricket test match.

The UN nuclear watchdog yesterday urged Iran to explain the presence of uranium particles at an undeclared site, as a landmark deal aimed at curbing Tehran’s atomic activities threatens to collapse.

Three navy vessels that Moscow seized last year and handed back to Ukraine have arrived at a Ukrainian port, though Kiev said they were stripped of equipment.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated that the ongoing drive against corruption, terrorism and militancy would continue.

Over two years after its formation, the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) will finally operate in full swing now as it has been empowered to investigate cases related to terrorism and militancy.

Ex-president Evo Morales urged the international community Wednesday to intervene to stop what he called a “genocide” in Bolivia, where 32 people have died in violence that erupted after his disputed re-election.

The Islamic State group took advantage of both the US withdrawal from northeastern Syria and the Turkish incursion to regroup and could prepare new attacks on the West, a report from the Pentagon said Tuesday.

An angry President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused the “sick” media of scaring his wife Melania with reports of his poor health, following a surprise weekend hospital visit.

The UN called Tuesday on the Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega to halt persistent repression after his supporters stormed Managua’s Catholic cathedral and another church to attack protesting opposition hunger strikers.

Aung San Suu Kyi will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to contest a case filed by Gambia accusing Myanmar of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, her government said yesterday.

The Armed Forces Day is being celebrated today commemorating the founding date of army, navy and air force during the Liberation War in 1971.

Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the enemy had been “repelled” in the country where dozens are thought to have died in violent protests sparked by a petrol price hike.

Palestinians have strongly condemned the Trump administration after it announced the United States would no longer consider Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank “inconsistent” with international law.

The country’s existing law is prohibiting people from a noble act -- donating kidney -- Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury said yesterday.

Brac founder and Chair Emeritus Sir Fazle Hasan Abed has been honoured with the Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau for his successful work in alleviating poverty, especially of women and children.