Bangladesh protests: How students brought Dhaka to a standstill

Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN)A tragic traffic accident over a week ago has triggered mass protests by students who have taken to the streets of Bangladesh's capital to demand that authorities improve road safety.

5-year jail for death caused by reckless driving

The cabinet on Monday approved the draft ‘Road Transport Bill, 2018’ with a provision of maximum five-year jail and fines for rash and negligent driving causing deaths or serious injuries.

‘Drug peddler’ killed in Gaibandha ‘gunfight’

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion in Bamandanga area of Sundarganj in Gaibandha early Tuesday.

Shahidul on seven-day remand

A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court on Monday remanded internationally acclaimed photographer and activist Shahidul Alam for seven days in police custody for interrogation.

Yunus salutes students

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus praised the students for waging the weeklong demonstration for road safety in the wake of killing of two of their fellows in the capital’s Airport Road by reckless buses.

Sedition case against Khasru, Fakhrul, Rizvi

A case has been filed against BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday for instigating violence during the ongoing student movement demanding safe road.

At least 91 dead after powerful earthquake strikes Indonesian resort islands of Bali, Lombok

(CNN)At least 91 people were killed when a 6.9-magnitude earthquake and strong aftershocks rocked Indonesia's resort islands of Bali and Lombok on Sunday, causing people to rush out of homes, hotels and restaurants.

Donald Trump is twisting himself in knots trying to explain the Trump Tower meeting

(CNN)On Sunday morning, amid his latest tweetstorm about the ongoing special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, President Donald Trump turned his focus to the now-infamous June 2016 meeting between his top advisers and several Russians.

Venezuela makes six arrests in alleged Maduro assassination attempt

(CNN)Six people have been arrested after Saturday's apparent assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, the nation's interior minister said on national TV.

In 14 hours on Sunday in Chicago, 44 people were shot, including 5 who died, police say

Officers investigate a shooting in Chicago on Sunday. In three hours beginning at 1:30 a.m., records show, 30 were shot and two killed in 10 incidents. "The city of Chicago experienced a violent night,"