Obama warns against 'strongman politics' in speech after Trump news conference
Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN)Former US President Barack Obama mounted a passionate defense of democracy and warned against the rise of "strongman politics,"
Ex-FBI head James Comey urges public to vote Democratic
Washington (CNN)Former FBI Director James Comey is urging "all who believe in this country's values" to vote for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections
Russia plans to increase aggression post-World Cup
Washington (CNN)Russian intelligence agencies are planning to ramp up operations targeting western countries now that the World Cup and the Trump-Putin Helsinki summit have ended
EU and Japan sign trade deal covering a third of the world's economy
The European Union and Japan signed a huge free trade deal on Tuesday that cuts or eliminates tariffs on nearly all goods.
Crude bomb attack on BNP rally in Rajshahi, five hurt
At least five people including a journalist were injured in a crude bomb attack at an election rally of Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate of Rajshahi City Corporation election in Sagorpara area in the city on Tuesday morning.
Don’t understand logic behind anti-quota movement: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she is unable to understand the logic behind the movement against the quota system in government jobs.‘What’s the reason behind such a sudden movement against the quota system? We don’t understand,’ she said
Khaleda denied bail in Narail defamation case
A Narail court on Tuesday denied bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed over her ‘derogatory remarks’ about freedom fighters and the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh starts grooming female drivers for KSA
Bangladesh has begun grooming female drivers for sending them to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The KSA has conveyed its interest to Bangladesh to recruit its drivers, both males and females, Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry officials told New Age.
Protests spark against BCL attacks on teachers, students
Students and teachers of public universities on Monday held protests demanding punishment of Bangladesh Chhatra League activists who unleashed attacks on quota reform protesters, including teachers, at Dhaka University on Sunday.
Trump caved spectacularly to Putin. Here's what might happen next
(CNN)For as long as history remembers Donald Trump, it will be a day that will live in infamy.The President's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday is already one of the most notorious moments in the tortured relations between Washington and Moscow.
