US authorities arrested hundreds of undocumented migrants this week in the first large-scale raids under President Donald Trump, triggering panic in immigrant…

Eight people were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday after a gunbattle broke out between suspected rebels and the Indian army, officials said, reports AFP from Srinagar. The alleged militants were hiding in a south Kashmir village when the military and police surrounded it and a firefight…

North Korea yesterday fired a ballistic missile into the sea in an apparent test of new US President Donald Trump, who responded by pledging “100 per cent” support for Washington’s key regional ally Japan, reports AFP from Seoul. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose country would…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday asked the government to submit a written statement explaining why it is taking time to publish a gazette notification on the rules regarding the discipline and conduct of the lower court judges. An eight member bench of the Appellate Division headed…

Seventeen eminent personalities have been picked for this year’s Ekushey Padak in recognition of outstanding contributions to their respective fields, reports UNB. The recipients are Language Movement veteran Prof Dr Sharifa Khatun (Language Movement); Shushama Das, music exponent Ustad Julhas…