Stephen Miller, one of Donald Trump’s most radical advisors, is known for his unswerving defense of a resolutely anti-immigrant policy.

China yesterday hit back at the US for criticising its blocking of a UN Security Council resolution over civilian aid, accusing Washington of “politicising humanitarian issues.”

All five pro-government parties that competed in Uzbekistan’s first elections under President Shavkat Mirziyoyev took seats in the country’s parliament, preliminary results showed yesterday.

Thousands of people marched in the Romanian capital Bucharest on Sunday to remember those who lost their lives in the revolution 30 years ago that ended the communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu.

A court in Meherpur has sent eight people to jail for trespassing into the country from India without any documents.

A suspected drug dealer was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Noakhali’s Chatkhil upazila early yesterday.

The government is looking to upgrade the Bangladesh Water Development Board to the Directorate of Water Resources in which non-engineers will not be absorbed as cadres, said officials from the general category.

The season’s first cold wave seems to have started weakening since yesterday, but the number of patients affected by cold-related diseases have been increasing.

Clarifying the issue over a “legal notice” to President Abdul Hamid, Grameenphone’s parent company Telenor has claimed that it was not a legal notice but an invitation letter to him for dialogue.

Five people have been sentenced to death over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but two top figures investigated over the killing have been exonerated, Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said yesterday.

Martyred intellectual’s family members, who were evicted from their home “following a mid-ranking police official’s move” in the capital’s Nawabpur, are the actual owners of the property, the Anti-Corruption Commission has found in its enquiry.

An Iranian driver who was stranded after his lorry broke down in Poland received a helping hand from locals who launched a crowd-funding initiative for a new truck to take him home.

The cold wave shook much of the country for the fourth consecutive day yesterday disrupting daily life of many.

Satyabati Bakti, 95, a blind retired tea-worker of Chandpur tea estate, is ready to take a bullet to protect her farmland.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the Awami League leaders and activists to work to retain the confidence and trust of the people and help the government’s strides to build a poverty-free Bangladesh.

Former chief justice Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury passed away in Dhaka yesterday afternoon due to old age complications. He was 85.

Forces loyal to Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar said Saturday they had seized a Turkish ship to search its cargo, hours after the Turkish parliament approved a security and military cooperation deal with Libya.

A woman was trampled to death by wild elephants in Bandarban’s Naikhyangchhari upazila early yesterday.

A suspected criminal was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Noakhali early yesterday.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday condemned religious violence following attacks on multiple mosques in the Amhara region, the latest unrest targeting religious institutions.