News Watch (27-6-2018)

‘Drug trader’ dies in Bhola ‘gunfight’

BHOLA, June 26: A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in the Bagmara Beribadh area in Sadar upazila early on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain, 50. — UNB

US top court backs Trump on travel ban

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday handed Donald Trump one of the biggest victories of his presidency. It upheld his travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries. The 5-4 ruling, with the court's five conservatives in the majority, ends for now a fierce fight in the courts over whether the policy represented an unlawful Muslim ban. Trump can now claim vindication after lower courts had blocked his travel ban announced in September. — Reuters