The United States said yesterday that up to 900 Islamic State group jihadists have been killed in the offensive to retake Iraq’s Mosul, as camps around the city filled with fleeing civilians, reports AFP from Arbil, Iraq. Iraqis who fled their homes expressed joy at escaping IS’s brutal…

Allies of Hillary Clinton felt threatened by the power of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ candidacy and wondered about getting some signal of support from…

Two Yazidi women activists who escaped the Islamic State group in Iraq won the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize yesterday,…

India announced yesterday it was expelling a Pakistani visa official for suspected spying after he was briefly detained carrying sensitive defence documents, with tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours already running high, reports AFP from New Delhi. New Delhi police said the official had been…

Assistant commissioner (VAT and Excise) Sushanta Paul, who posted disparaging remarks about Dhaka University on the social media, was stand released yesterday, reports UNB. The action was taken hours after filing of a case against him on the charge. The National Board of Revenue issued a notification…

A man, who received burn injuries in a mobile phone explosion in Savar, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Zafar Miah. Hailing from Ruiyer Nag village in Nageswari upazila of Kurigram district, he used to live in a rented house with his…