CNN Exclusive: The more opioids doctors prescribe, the more money they make
(CNN)As tens of thousands of Americans die from prescription opioid overdoses each year, an exclusive analysis by CNN and researchers at Harvard University found that opioid manufacturers are paying physicians huge sums of money
Mattis warns Syria on chemical weapons, doubts Russian missile claims
Washington (CNN)US Defense Secretary James Mattis on Sunday warned Syria against using chemical weapons, implying it would prompt military consequences, as it did last year when President Donald Trump ordered a strike on a Syrian air base.
China clears way for Xi Jinping to rule for life
Beijing (CNN)China's largely ceremonial parliament on Sunday overwhelmingly endorsed a controversial change to the country's constitution, paving the way for President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely
Act on situation, Khaleda asks party policymakers
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s imprisoned chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday advised her party’s policymakers to take steps ‘according to the given situation’ over changing the course of the current movement for her ‘unconditional’ release from jail
Keep war criminals, killers, looters out of power: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the people of the country to remain united so that war criminals, killers, looters and corrupt people could not assume power anymore
Commuters suffer for transport crisis in city
Dhaka city commuters experienced unbearable traffic gridlock as well as transport crisis on Wednesday due to a rally organised by ruling Awami League at Suhrawardy Udyan to mark the founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic March 7, 1971 speech that was delivered on this ground
100 women artists’ works being displayed at BSA
A week long exhibition featuring the works of 100 women artists titled Madhobilota is underway at Gallery No 1 at National Art Gallery of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the city
ATTACK ON ZAFAR IQBAL No arrest yet after Fayzul
Law-enforcers were yet to show arrested anyone except for prime suspect Fayzul Hasan alias Shafiq till Wednesday evening in the case for attacking popular writer Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, though six people, including Fayzul’s parents, were detained after the incident
Women move on against odds
Bangladeshi women are coming out successful as professionals by making it to the top in their fields with their courage and dedication fighting against discrimination and other challenges of a patriarchal society
In Lesotho, women say they're finding their abortions on Facebook
Maseru, Lesotho — Mpho opened a new chat on WhatsApp, entered an unfamiliar number, and typed a question she never thought she would have to ask
