First on CNN: Government enlists tech giants to fight ISIS messaging
Seeking to bolster its effort to counter ISIS messaging on social media, the Obama administration is assembling something of a high-tech dream team to battle the terrorist group online.
Tehran awaits crucial elections on Iran's direction after nuclear deal
Campaign billboards and posters plaster Tehran. They're on lampposts, sides of buildings and trees -- all proof that Friday's elections will likely be contentious and critical for Iran.
No police jobs for BNP-Jamaat men: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday said senior police officers involved with the recruitment process should ‘prevent’ the probable inclusion of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir-minded candidates in the police force.
U.S., China agree to draft resolution on North Korea
The United States and China have reached an agreement on a new U.N. Security Council draft resolution aimed at punishing North Korea in the wake of its recent nuclear test and for violating previous resolutions, a Security Council diplomat told CNN on Wednesday.
IFC invests in City Bank
City Bank and International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank group, on Wednesday signed an agreement on IFC’s investment in City Bank’s equity shares, to hold five percent of the outstanding number of the bank’s common equity.
Egypt's President links Russian plane crash to terrorism
Egypt's President has publicly linked terrorism to the downing of a Russian passenger jet over Sinai last year - reportedly for the first time.
8 killed as thunderstorm hits places
At least eight people were killed – two minor girls in wall collapse in Narsingdi and six labours in trawler capsize in Narayanganj – and 13 were injured at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka as an early thunderstorm coupled with hailstorm hit places.
4 children murder accused Bachchu killed in ‘gunfight’
Bachchu Miah, one of the accused in the killing of four children in Habiganj, was killed in a reported gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion at Deorgach in Chunarughat of the district early Thursday.
BDR carnage 7th anniv being observed
The nation mourns the victims of 2009 mutiny in the then Bangladesh Rifles on Thursday marking the seventh anniversary of the carnage.
Buying a Trump? Better read the fine print
J. Michael Goodson is no slouch. Remember that when you hear his claim of being duped by a Donald Trump condo project in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
