January2018

Apan Jewellers owner Dildar Ahmed can now walk out of prison as he received bail from the High Court in all three cases on money laundering. Dildar stands accused in the cases filed with Dhanmondi, Ramna...

India supports Bangladesh’s plan to start the repatriation of Rohingya refugees and urges the international community to support the process. “You have to start the process. What the ministry of foreign affairs is doing is definitely...

The government will stop workers’ pensions being put at risk from “executives who try to line their own pockets”, the prime minister has said. In the Observer, Theresa May said a government white paper would set out...

Motorists in Scotland are being urged to exercise caution as a band of snow moves across the country. Earlier drivers in the south-west were urged to “avoid unnecessary journeys” following a spate of road accidents. Police...

A man has been arrested after an eight-year-old girl was stabbed to death. The child was found at an address in Valley View in Brownhills, near Walsall, with serious injuries, at 21:15 GMT on Saturday. She...

A North Korean delegation has arrived in South Korea for a landmark visit to inspect cultural venues for next month’s Winter Olympics. It is headed by Hyon Song-wol, leader of the popular Moranbong girl band and...

Germany’s KBA automotive watchdog has detected illicit emission-control software in Audi’s latest Euro-6 diesel models and has ordered a recall of 127,000 vehicles, Bild am Sonntag reported. Audi, a unit of Volkswagen, said in a statement...

British singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran said on Saturday he is engaged to long-time friend Cherry Seaborn, whom he first met at school at the age of 11. “Got myself a fiancé just before new year,” he wrote...

The roaring engines and burning rubber of “The Fast & The Furious” films – one of cinema’s highest-grossing franchises – are skidding off the screen and into the real world, as a live stunt show based...

A hotel in Mexico named Hotel California plans to continue using the name in that country after settling a lawsuit brought by the Eagles over rights related to the country-rock band’s classic 1976 song. Hotel California...