Thousands of soldiers and paramilitaries were yesterday engaged in a huge anti-militant operation in Indian-administered Kashmir, where armed rebels have repeatedly attacked government forces in recent weeks, reports AFP. Police said government forces had surrounded at least 20 villages in the drive,…

Britain's Prince Philip, the 95-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, will retire from public engagements later this year, Buckingham Palace said…

Law minister Anisul Huq claimed yesterday (Thursday) that there was no rift between the executive and the judiciary. He was talking to reporters at Hotel Sonargaon in the city, a day after Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha said that the rule of law and development of the state was being obstructed…

At least seven activists of Bangladesh Chhatra league (BCL), the student affiliate body of ruling Awami League, were injured in a clash between two rival party factions of Chittagong University (CU) unit over seating on the university shuttle train yesterday. The clash took place in front of Amanat…

Justice C S Karnan of the Calcutta High Court yesterday declined to undergo a medical examination by a four-member medical team from a government hospital here, saying he is "quite normal and has a stable mind", report PTI. After refusing to undergo a medical check up, Justice Karnan gave…

Rescuers battled hazardous conditions yesterday at a coal mine in northern Iran where 21 miners died in a failed attempt to save workmates trapped deep underground after an explosion, reports AFP. Hopes of finding 14 missing miners alive were fading after the blast Wednesday at the mine in Azadshahr…

Parliament yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution to enact a law for punishing those who will distort the history of 1971 Liberation War and the mass killing, reports UNB. Awami League MP Fazilatun Nasa Bappy (Reserved Seat-30) placed the resolution in the House, which was adopted by voice vote.…