He faces new lawsuit over business empire A US appeals court has upheld a decision blocking President Trump's revised "travel ban" on people from six mainly Muslim nations, BBC reports. A lower court had issued the injunction on the grounds that the ban was discriminatory after a challenge…

Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease, is spreading across the country before the full onset of monsoon. The most common symptoms of this disease are fever and joint pain. Allaying fears about the disease that spreads with damp weather and heat, Prof. ABM Abdullah of the medicine department at…

The High Court (HC) yesterday granted anticipatory bail to BRAC University teacher and columnist Afsan Chowdhury in a case lodged under section 57 of the ICT act, reports BSS. A High Court vacation bench comprising Justice Zinat Ara and Justice S.M. Mozibur Rahman passed the order, asking Chowdhury…

Theresa May has apologised to Tory MPs for the party's election performance, telling them "I got us into this mess I'll get us out of it." Addressing a meeting of backbenchers, the PM reportedly said she would serve as "long as you want me to do". One senior backbencher told…

The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 yesterday fixed June 19 to take the charges against five accused, including Shafat and Sadman, into cognisance in a case filed over the rape of two private university girls in a Banani hotel, reports UNB. Tribunal Judge Shafiul Azam also ordered…