‘Don’t struggle if you’re raped’

Edo State, Nigeria (CNN)In a lurid pink hotel room in Edo State, southern Nigeria, a trafficker is arranging to smuggle us across the continent to Libya -- and ultimately Europe.

If Bollywood is the world's biggest film industry, then Sridevi was its queen

(CNN)The funeral of Bollywood actress Sridevi in Mumbai Wednesday has prompted an outpouring of grief across the Indian subcontinent, where her strong female-led movies dominated the box office throughout the '80s and '90s, helping to redefine the role of women in South Asian cinema

Los Angeles' notorious traffic problem explained in graphics

(CNN)Los Angeles is probably as famous for its traffic congestion as it is for the iconic Hollywood Sign.Last November, for example, CNN posted the below video, showing traffic congestion snaking for miles in LA just before Thanksgiving weekend kicked off.

North Korea sending chemical weapon supplies to Syria, UN report says

(CNN)North Korea has been sending supplies to Syria that could be used to produce chemical weapons, a United Nations Security Council diplomat has told CNN

ZIA CHARITABLE TRUST GRAFT CASE Khaleda’s bail extended till March 13

A special court in Dhaka on Monday extended the bail of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia until March 13 in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

Sakib back as Mashrafee rebuffs call for T20 return

Bangladesh on Monday announced the 16-man squad for the tri-nation Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka with injured captain Sakib al Hasan and without retired former captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza

7 banks face Tk 9417cr capital shortfall

Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Monday informed parliament that seven of 57 the banks in the country –– four state-run and three private banks –– were facing shortfall of Tk 9417.42 crore in capital

10 passengers killed, 20 injured

At least 10 people, including three women and two children, were killed and 20 others injured when a passenger bus hit a parked trailer from the back on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Tribardi area under Sonargaon in Narayanganj on Monday

ATTACK ON STUDENT DU to expel 7 BCL leaders

The disciplinary committee of the Dhaka University on Monday recommended expulsion of seven Bangladesh Chhatra League unit leaders for torturing disaster management and science second-year student Ehsan Rafiq damaging hi eye for seeking his calculator to be returned.

Bollywood star Sridevi drowned after passing out in bathtub, police say

(CNN)Bollywood superstar Sridevi, one of the Indian film industry's most popular actresses, drowned after passing out in her hotel bathtub in Dubai, police said Monday.