Secretary of State John Kerry: Two-state solution in 'serious jeopardy'

With less than a month left in office, Secretary of State John Kerry issued a stern rebuke Wednesday over Israeli settlements and warned that the two-state solution to the enduring conflict with Palestinians is at risk.

Comilla Medical College closed indefinitely

Students evacuated their dormitories at Comilla Medical College after it was closed sine die on Wednesday following clashes between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League over establishing supremacy on the campus.

Muhith gives fresh deadline

Finance minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday gave a fresh deadline of January to cut fuel oil prices in the local market.

15 rebels defeat AL candidates, 21 elected uncontested

Ruling Awami League rebels defeated party-backed chairman candidates in 15 districts and 23 AL-backed chairman candidates own the maiden indirect elections to zila parishads on Wednesday.

All elections were fair in past five yrs, claims CEC

Chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Wednesday claimed that all the elections held during their five-year tenure were by and large fair and peaceful, saying some minor irregularities overshadowed the scenario.

Zainul Abedin’s 102nd birth anniv today

The 102nd birth anniversary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin will be celebrated today across the country.

China's aircraft carrier prowling Pacific, sending a message

China's lone aircraft carrier is prowling the Pacific as the country seeks to assert its military might and build up its naval warfare capabilities.

Argentina's ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner charged

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was charged with corruption Tuesday and had $643 million of her assets frozen, according to state-run news agency Télam.

Rothman on Trump Taiwan call: 'A lot more winging it than people want to admit'

Commentary editor Noah Rothman said President-elect Donald Trump's recent phone call with Taiwan's president -- and its diplomatic fallout -- is a sign of an incoming administration that is "winging it" more than some Republicans want to admit.

North Korea 'racing ahead' on nuclear plan, defector says

Political uncertainty in the United States and in South Korea could give North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "an apt time" to develop nuclear weapons "at all costs by the end of 2017," a high-profile North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea said Tuesday.