At least 57 journalists have been killed around the world in 2016 while doing their job, Reporters Without Borders said yesterday, repports AFP from Paris. The press freedom group said 19 were killed in Syria alone, followed by 10 in Afghanistan, nine in Mexico and five in Iraq. Almost all of those…

India yesterday accused Pakistani militant leader Maulana Masood Azhar of masterminding an audacious attack on an air force base in January that led to…

Stephanie del Valle of Puerto Rico was crowned Miss World 2016 on Sunday, edging out runners-up from the Dominican Republic and Indonesia, and beauties…

A French court yesterday found International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence but did not hand down any punishment, according to BBC. As French finance minister in 2008, she approved an award of €404m ($429m; £340m) to businessman Bernard Tapie for the disputed sale…

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday interrogated the former Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor, Dr Atiur Rahman, for about two hours on the theft of BB reserves by hackers earlier in February this year. The former governor reached the CID office at Malibagh in the capital around 10am and…

A young man died in police custody at Jamalpur General Hospital on Sunday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sohel Rana, 19, son of Rehan Ali, a resident of Pahari Patal village of Melandaha upazila in Jamalpur. Mazharul Karim, officer-in-charge of Melandaha Police Station, said a team…