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.

An inquiry committee, formed following a High Court order, has found that 33 percent buses had no fitness certificate that run on the roads, said a survey report conducted on 39 buses.

A madrasa teacher yesterday confessed before a Rajshahi court that he raped a minor girl in Charghat upazila of the district, said police.

Standing atop an elephant watch-tower on the outskirts of the sprawling Rohingya refugee settlement in Cox's Bazar, Nur Islam takes great pride in keeping his people safe.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the armed forces to play the due role in advancing the nation as well as maintaining democratic and constitutional stability in the country.

Four more former ministers, who were dropped from Sheikh Hasina's new cabinet, have been made chiefs of the same number of parliamentary standing committees last night.

US-backed forces in Syria said Wednesday they were detaining foreign Islamic State group fighters on a "daily basis", days after confirming the capture of German jihadist Martin Lemke.

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday saw its first committee hearings on climate change and gun control in eight years following Democrats' victory over Republicans in last year's Congressional elections.

The Iranian authorities arrested 860 journalists in the 30 years following the 1979 revolution, according to leaked files unveiled by a media watchdog yesterday.

The United States promised Wednesday to stay focused on permanently destroying the Islamic State group but asked concerned allies to contribute more, as President Donald Trump boasted that the extremists will soon have lost all their territory in Syria.

The last four years were the hottest since global temperature records began, the UN confirmed in an analysis that it said was a "clear sign of continuing long-term climate change."

Around 60 freedom fighters and locals yesterday took to the streets in Pabna protesting the murder of war hero Mostafizur Rahman Selim with the victim's family alleging that he was killed for being vocal against corruption.

Bangladesh continues to suffer a decline in political rights and civil liberties, according to a report of Freedom House.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been in jail for a year and the party is “facing the most difficult time in its history” in her absence.

A freedom fighter was shot dead by two unidentified criminals in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna yesterday.