Government halts CHT accord execution, says Santu Larma

The government has halted the process of implementing the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord by putting on hold about two-thirds of the accord provisions,

HK pro-democracy protesters return to streets after polls

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets on Sunday for a series of marches and rallies after a rare period of calm in nearly six months of unrest.

British PM promises to review UK’s conviction system

United Kingdom prime minister Boris Johnson vowed Saturday to review Britain’s sentencing system after a convicted terrorist released early from prison stabbed

After another K-pop death, spotlight turns to difficulties faced by industry's 'perfect' stars

In an industry where stars face immense pressure to portray themselves as the immaculate image of happiness, K-pop duo Goo Hara and Sulli appeared to be different.

Leonardo DiCaprio responds after Brazil's President blames actor for Amazon forest fires

Brazil's President blamed an unusual candidate this week as a cause of the Amazon forest fires: actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio.

Misadventure of citizenship regime

THE appetite of the Indian state for counting its people is evidently insatiable. The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner has completed

UK police shoot one at London Bridge after stabbing

British police shot a man on Friday after a stabbing in the London Bridge area, a security source told Reuters.

China warns US over HK law

China warned the United States on Thursday that it would take ‘firm counter measures’ in response to US legislation backing anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, a

Iraq PM announces resignation

Iraqi prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced his resignation on Friday after the country’s top Shia Muslim cleric called for lawmakers to reconsider their support for a government rocked by