Meet the Russian Winter Olympians fighting to clear their names

(CNN)He's one of Russia's most beloved athletes. Cross country skier Nikita Kryukov has dominated the sport's sprint events during an illustrious career and has won an Olympic gold medal, three World Championship golds and six World Cup gold medals

80pc honest people hate BNP: Quader

Reacting to Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders' claim that their party will get 80 per cent vote if the next election is held in a credible manner, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said 80 per cent conscious and honest people of the country hate BNP.

People seeing how judiciary protects its independence: Khaleda

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said people of the country are watching how the judiciary is protecting its independence

Second phase of Bishwa Ijtema ends with Akheri Munajat

The second phase of the 53rd Bishwa Ijtema, a congregation organised by Tabligh Jamaat, on the bank of the River Turag at Tongi in Gazipur, ended on Sunday morning with the Akheri Munajat (concluding prayer)

MP’s son found dead at NAM building

Son of Satkhira-1 constituency lawmaker Mustafa Lutfullah was found dead at NAM building adjacent to Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area in the capital

NARAYANGONG VIOLENCE Ivy improving, says doctor

The condition of Narayanganj city mayor Selina Hayat Ivy, who suffered brain hemorrhage after a clash with lawmaker Shamim Osman, was now stable and improving fast, doctors said on Saturday

Energy div for raising gas price for Lafarge cement

The government has initiated a move to increase the price of natural gas supplied to the multinational cement company LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited, formerly Lafarge Surma Cement, 15 years after signing the gas supply agreement with the company.

Rohingya man shot dead in Cox’s Bazar

A Rohingya man was gunned down by some unidentified miscreants at a Rohingya camp at Thaingkhali under Ukhia upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Friday night

How the seizure of a US spy ship by North Korea nearly sparked nuclear war

"This is it, they're taking us out here to kill us," Stu Russell thought as he trudged through the snow in the middle of the night into a dark forest.Russell was one of 83 Americans held captive inside North Korea, following the seizure of the USS Pueblo spy ship in international waters, on January 23, 1968.

Gunmen launch siege at Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Afghan special forces traded fire Sunday morning with the remaining gunmen who attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul hours earlier, Afghanistan's TOLO news channel reported.