19 Rohingyas arrested in Satkhira

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested some 19 Rohingyas, who illegally entered Bangladesh from India, in Paddoshakra border area of Satkhira Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.

Govt resorts to tricks to remove CJ Sinha: Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday claimed that the government had resorted to ‘tricks’ to remove chief justice SK Sinha

Justice Sinha’s exit puzzle

Subir Bhaumik wrote a pretty intriguing piece in the Look East news portal a couple of weeks back where he said that Justice Sinha had told his audience at a private party in Japan that he would ‘restore/establish democracy’ to Bangladesh

Rohingya crisis: Locals worry about future

Local people in Cox’s Bazar are worried about their future as over half a million Rohingyas have already crossed the border into the district fleeing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar putting immense strain on infrastructure, services and low paid job market.

Jamaat calls hartal for Thursday as leaders remanded

Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday announced a three-day protest programme including countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday in protest at the arrest and subsequent remand of its central leaders, including the party chief, Maqbul Ahmad.

US Navy officers lose jobs after fatal collision

(CNN)The two officers in charge of the destroyer USS John S. McCain have been relieved of duty after a deadly accident earlier this year, the US Navy said in a statement Tuesday. The guided-missile destroyer collided with a merchant ship off Singapore on August 21, leaving 10 US sailors dead and five more injured. The accident left a large highly visible hole in the US ship.

North Korean hackers stole US-South Korea war plans, official says

Washington (CNN)North Korean hackers allegedly stole classified military documents from a South Korean Defense Ministry database in September 2016, according to Rhee Cheol-hee, a member of South Korea's National Assembly.

Harvey Weinstein accused of rape in New Yorker story

Harvey Weinstein stands accused of rape by multiple women, according to an explosive new story by The New Yorker magazine. One of the accusers, Asia Argento, confirmed her account to CNN.

US fails to reach 2018 World Cup; Argentina breathes sigh of relief

(CNN)For the first time since 1986, the US Men's National Team will be watching the World Cup from home.Falling 2-1 to Trinidad and Tobago, the US failed to qualify for Russia 2018. An early own-goal from Omar Gonzalez set the tone for the defeat, before Alvin Jones doubled the Trinidad and Tobago lead on 37 minutes.

More evacuations ordered as deadly wildfires scorch Northern California

(CNN)New evacuations were ordered Tuesday evening as more than a dozen wildfires raged across Northern California, with the largest ones killing at least 17 people as they scorched the state's famous wine country.