Democrats charged aggressively into an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump on Friday, ordering Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to turn over Ukraine-related documents and scheduling testimony for witnesses to alleged abuse of power by the US leader.

Tight security yesterday ensured Afghanistan’s presidential election was held in relative calm, though several small attacks, low turnout and complaints about the voting system heightened fears an unclear result could drive the country into further chaos.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday expressed deep concern over the government move to amend the Road Transport Act-2018 amid pressure from transport owners and workers’ associations.

Researchers have found the presence of an ocean floor beneath Bangladesh and are calling it a “unique case on planet Earth”.

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a neighbour in Kalihati upazila of Tangail on Thursday evening.

US President Donald Trump has called his impeachment probe a “war” as Democrats vowed to speed up the investigation, saying the evidence of abuse of power from his Ukraine phone call and attempts to cover up wrongdoing were already clear.

Police yesterday recovered dead bodies of a couple from their house in Kurigram’s Nageshwari upazila.

Bangladesh is among the top-20 “Improvers in Doing Business 2020” as the country has implemented various reform initiatives to make a business-friendly environment, according to a World Bank (WB) report.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at UN, yesterday urged the world to unite against terrorism but avoided mentioning the Kashmir issue, while his Pakistani counterpart accused India of planning bloodbath there.

Ceramic vessels, sometimes fashioned in whimsical animal forms, were used thousands of years ago as baby bottles to feed infants animal milk, according to scientists, offering an intriguing look at how and what infants were fed in prehistoric times.

At least 50 homesteads, five educational institutions, one union health complex building and one union parishad building have been devoured in Madaripur’s Shibrampur upazila since Monday.

The president of a Japanese power firm yesterday admitted that he and other executives received money and gifts worth around $3 million from a town hosting one of their nuclear plants.

More than half of Europe’s endemic tree species, including the horse-chestnut, risk extinction, conservationists warned Friday, blaming invasive species, unsustainable logging and urban development for their decline.

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar whose forces have been battling to capture the seat of the UN-recognized government in Tripoli since April, said he was open to “dialogue” ahead of a special UN session Thursday.

Firefighters said yesterday they have extinguished a huge blaze that broke out at a chemical factory in northern France and forced authorities to close schools and warn of pollution risks for the river Seine.

Seven cases have been filed against Dhaka Wanderers Club’s casino shareholders Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan over the recovery of huge money, gold and firearms from their houses in the capital during a raid on Tuesday.

A total of 110 female migrant workers returned empty-handed from Saudi Arabia on August 26. Around 38 of them were forced to return after facing physical and sexual torture, while 48 came back home as they were not paid their salaries on a regular basis.

The UN Human Rights Council yesterday adopted a resolution urging Myanmar to create a conducive environment in northern Rakhine State and convince Myanmar to take back the Rohingyas with full safety and dignity as per the bilateral agreement with Bangladesh.

Rumours run rife on the whereabouts of Dhaka South Jubo League President Ismail Hossain Samrat, one of the alleged kingpins of “casino” business in the capital.

At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured in a strong earthquake that rocked Indonesia’s remote Maluku islands, triggering landslides that buried at least one of the victims, the disaster agency said.