US slams 'abusive' North Korean regime after Trump calls Kim 'honorable'

Washington (CNN)The US State Department issued a scathing rebuke of North Korea's human rights record on Wednesday, calling the regime "one of the most repressive

Release of Americans held in North Korea 'imminent,' source says

(CNN)The release of three US nationals currently detained in North Korea is "imminent," according to an official with knowledge of the ongoing negotiations.

Nine killed when military plane crashes near Savannah

(CNN)All nine people aboard an aging cargo plane making its final military flight Wednesday were killed when the aircraft nosedived into a Georgia highway.

Black men arrested at Philadelphia Starbucks reach agreements

(CNN)Two African-American men whose arrest at a Philadelphia Starbucks last month sparked protests over racial bias have reached agreements with the coffee store chain and the city, and have pledged to support a $200,000 effort to encourage young entrepreneurs.

BNP criticises AL’s mockery over jailed Khaleda’s illnesses

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday came down hard on the ruling Awami League leaders for mocking the party’s jailed chairperson Khaleda Zia’s ‘illness’.The party refuted the Awami League claim saying Khaleda was jailed by ‘prime minister’, not by ‘court’.

Lightning kills 19 in 10 districts

Lightning strikes killed at least 19 people in 10 districts as heavy rains with nor’wester lashed the country Sunday.

ROHINGYA CRISIS UNSC finds no quick, easy solution

The United Nations Security Council members on Sunday said they did not see any quick and easy solution to the protracted crisis on both sides of the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar.

ROAD ACCIDENT IN CAPITAL Rozina also loses battle for life

Weeks after death of college student Rajib, Banani road accident victim Rozina Akhter died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday after nine days

ATTACK ON DU VC’S HOUSE Four outsiders arrested

The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested four outsiders in connection with the attack on the Dhaka University vice-chancellor’s house early April 9 during student protests for reform of quota system in public service recruitment

North Korean defectors say unification requires closing a cultural chasm

Seoul, South Korea (CNN)When Ken Eom first arrived in South Korea, he had to get used to hearing a lot of stupid questions."Is there alcohol in North Korea?" people would ask the former North Korean soldier, who defected in 2010, aged 29