Syria strikes: The real impact is in Moscow
(CNN)After nearly a week of tension that sometimes verged on the surreal, the US and its allies finally carried out strikes against regime targets in Syria on Friday night.
Scraping rickety CNG autos goes slow
Scraping and replacing CNG-run auto rickshaws beyond their economic life in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan cities is yet to start in full swing. In the port city scraping of expired CNG autos would start today, officials said while the process was suspended for few days in the capital.
Quota system to go: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that there would be no quota system in public service recruitment to avoid repeated movements for its reform.
33 univ teachers want quota reform
Thirty-three teachers of different public universities, hours after prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s parliamentary speech on quota system in public services, on Wednesday demanded quota reform, not abolition
Occupants’ protest halts eviction drive in Ctg hills
The people who have been living illegally in the Motijhorna hill of Chittagong compelled the district administration to halt its eviction drive on Wednesday morning.
Pacific Why Mark Zuckerberg didn't want to talk about your data
Mark Zuckerberg spent more than 10 hours testifying before Congress this week and still didn't answer the most important question about Facebook: How much data does Facebook collect on users -- and non-users?
A Syria decision hadn't been made when Trump tweeted missiles 'will be coming'
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's morning declaration that "nice and new and 'smart'" missiles would soon be fired toward Syria caught most of his aides off guard and came before an agreement had been reached between key US allies
Kevin Spacey sexual assault case under review
(CNN)The Los Angeles County District Attorney is reviewing a sexual assault case against actor Kevin Spacey, officials tell CNN.The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on Wednesday said its Special Victims Bureau began an investigation into allegations of a sexual assault involving Spacey back in December 2017
Algerian military plane crash kills 257 people
(CNN)At least 257 people were killed on Wednesday when a military plane crashed near the Algerian capital, Algiers, state media reported.The plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Boufarik air base, between Algiers and the city of Blida. Ten of those killed were the plane crew
Pacific Mark Zuckerberg just finished nearly 10 hours of questions from almost 100 lawmakers
Mark Zuckerberg survived his first grilling by Congress. The second round was more difficult. The Facebook (FB) CEO was pelted with tough questions on the company's data collection practices and the need for new regulation during a five-hour hearing with the House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday.
