Riding high after debate, Bush shifts focus from Trump back to Clinton
After being on stage for nearly three hours Wednesday night, Jeb Bush kept things short Thursday while holding a rally here, though the CNN debate was clearly on his mind.
GOP 2016 hopefuls split over Trump's Muslim controversy
Republican presidential hopefuls were split Friday amid the fallout from Donald Trump not taking issue with a man who, during a campaign event, called President Barack Obama a Muslim and said Muslims are "a problem in this country."
Russia sends fighter jets to Syria after talks with U.S.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter spoke with his Russian counterpart Friday as Russian military moves inside Syria continued to escalate with the arrival of fighter jets.
Prices of vegetables high in capital
The prices of vegetables remained high in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday. Traders said that consumers would have to wait until harvest of winter vegetables for decreasing prices as rains damaged farmland across the country.
PROTEST AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT : 3 killed, 5 injured in police firing
Three people were killed and five were injured as police opened fire at local people who clashed with the police during their protests against an alleged sexual harassment at Kalihati upazila in Tangail on Friday.
Markets start witnessing cattle inflow as Eid nears
Makeshift and permanent cattle markers in the capital and elsewhere in the country have started to witness inflow of sacrificial animals, with less than a week left for Eid-ul-Azha. Traders from different parts of the country are heading towards Dhaka in trawlers, engine boats and trucks with their cattle hoping to get better prices.
Lucky travellers rejoice at Kamalapur
Hundreds of travellers were seen rejoicing on Friday at Kamalapur railway station after obtaining their much-expected tickets when some looked gloomy because they were not so lucky. A few thousand of people were waiting at the central railway station in the capital for more than 24 hours to get their advance tickets.
We showed Iranians photos of Republican candidates -- here's what they told us
The Republican 2016 hopefuls may have spent most of Wednesday night's CNN debate savaging each other on everything from marijuana and immigration to abortion and taxes, but they also devoted plenty of time to their favorite boogeyman abroad: Iran.
Kicked Syrian migrant offered football role in Madrid
One Syrian migrant and his young son are starting a new life in Madrid Thursday -- a week after being seen around the world as they were sent sprawling by a Hungarian camerawoman.
Assertive Japan poised to abandon 70 years of pacifism
Japan's upper house of Parliament is poised to pass the first major reinterpretation of the country's pacifist constitution since the end of World War II, despite fierce and vocal opposition that culminated with lawmakers getting into physical altercations.
