Trump praises North Korea's Kim Jong Un for backing down on missile threat
(CNN)US President Donald Trump praised North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday for appearing to back down on his threat to launch missiles toward the US territory of Guam.
Unfazed by North Korea's threats, tourists still heading to Guam
Tumon, Guam (CNN)As the sun broke over the white sands of Guam's Tumon Beach, Duhyun Na and her friends made their way down to the shoreline with their smartphones and selfie sticks.
Joshua Wong and other Hong Kong activists brace themselves for possible jail time
Hong Kong (CNN)One of Hong Kong's most famous pro-democracy protesters could face years in jail, as a court reviews a case Thursday critics say is politically motivated.
China tells US and North Korea to cool it
Miscreants killed a security guard of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank, a state-owned bank, at one of its branch in Lalmonirhat sadar early Wednesday. The victim was identified as Abdur Rashid, 54, son of Abdul Gafur, a resident of sadar upazila. He was the security guard of the bank’s Teesta branch under Gokunda union.
‘Extremist’ killed in police operation at Dhaka hotel
A suspected extremist was killed during an operation codenamed ‘Operation August Bite’ by police at a suspected hideout at a hotel near Square Hospital at Panthapath in Dhaka on Tuesday
Floods snap rail link in north
Rail communications of most of the northern districts with rest of the country and within themselves remained snapped for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday amid severe flooding, leaving people of the region to suffer immensely.
3,814 schools in flood-hit dists closed
Flooding forced closure of at least 3,814 primary and secondary schools until Tuesday, seriously hampering education of thousands of students in 12 northern and north-eastern districts.
Flood engulfs country’s middle areas
Millions of people, marooned by floods, evacuated themselves to schools, embankments, and highways in northeastern districts for shelter in last couple of days. The marooned are struggling to cope with untold sufferings being caused by non- availability of food, drinking water and medicines.
National Mourning Day observed
The nation observed the National Mourning Day on Tuesday with due respect, marking the 42nd anniversary of the martyrdom of Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Trump says both sides to blame amid Charlottesville backlash
(CNN)President Donald Trump, in a staggering, impromptu news conference in New York on Tuesday, blamed the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend on both sides of the conflict -- equating the white supremacists on one side with the "alt-left" on the other side
