Pakistan’s army has fired several senior officers over corruption charges, senior military sources told AFP yesterday, in a rare display of accountability by the country’s most powerful institution. “I can confirm the sacking of at least six senior officers which include a lieutenant…

Japanese transport ministry officials raided a Mitsubishi Motors office yesterday following the shock admission by the automaker that it falsified fuel-efficiency…

Reiterating that there is no existence of IS in the country, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan here on Thursday admitted there are some homegrown militants who are now under control, reports UNB. “There’s no existence of IS in the country. However, there’re homegrown militants. They can’t…

The Election Commission (EC) yesterday announced the schedule of the fifth phase of the polls to 733 Union Parishads, slated to be held on May 28. EC sources said the last date for the submission of nomination papers is May 2 and the scrutiny will be done on May 4-5, while the last date for withdrawal…

Pop icon Prince -- whose pioneering brand of danceable funk made him one of music's most influential figures -- died yesterday at his compound in Minnesota, reports AFP.  He was 57. The announcement came just a week after the Grammy and Oscar winner was taken to hospital with a bad bout of…

The Gujarat Lions’ unbeaten run in VIVO IPL 2016 came to an end as they were thrashed by 10 wickets by the visiting Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) yesterday, report agencies. After opting to field first at the SCA Stadium in Rajkot, SRH restricted the hosts to a modest 135-8 and then chased down the…