Four of a family among five killed in Chittagong road accident

Five people, including four members of a family, were killed in a road accident in front of the Toll Plaza of Shah Amanat Bridge at Karnaphuli in Chittagong city early Sunday.

‘Test specialist’ Mominul axed as BCB names 1st Test team

Selectors in a massive controversy on Saturday omitted country’s one of the finest Test batsmen Mominul Haque from the Bangladesh squad for the first Test against Australia, beginning in Dhaka on August 27.

'Ready to fight': Motto of US air base closest to North Korea

Osan Air Base, South Korea (CNN)The first flight takes off from Osan Air Base just after daybreak, ascending high above the Korean Peninsula to collect and send critical data back to US military headquarters in South Korea.

North Korea warns of 'merciless strike' ahead of US-South Korea drills

(CNN)North Korea warned Sunday that the upcoming US-South Korea military exercises are "reckless behavior driving the situation into the uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war."

Trump applauds Boston protesters for 'speaking out against bigotry and hate'

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump tweeted his support for the Boston Police Department's handling of a self-described free speech rally and counterprotest march that brought thousands to the city's downtown Saturday, adding that he applauded "the many protestors in Boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate."

Spain attacks: Police hunt Barcelona driver, probe suspected bomb factory

Alcanar, Spain (CNN)An international manhunt was underway Saturday for the driver of a van that killed 13 people in Barcelona as police probed the wreckage of a suspected bomb factory for clues to the cell behind this week's two terror attacks in Spain.

There's a hidden message of resistance in the White House arts committee's resignation letter

(CNN)It was an act of protest in form and function. Perhaps you heard that the remaining 16 members of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities resigned in protest Friday. Actor Kal Penn, a member of the group, shared the resignation letter on Twitter

Trump isolated as US military, business and political leaders condemn racism

(CNN)US President Donald Trump found himself more isolated than at any point in his presidency on Thursday, cast aside by business allies, condemned by prominent Republicans and the subject of a rare, if coded rebuke from two living predecessors.

PM to visit flood-ravaged Kurigram, Dinajpur Sunday

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the flood-ravaged Kurigram and Dinajpur districts on Sunday to see for herself the devastation caused by the ongoing flood fury.

Potholed highways remain a worry ahead of Eid

Most of the national and regional highways and district roads, battered by rain for days, have been in a dilapidated condition, much to the worries of holidaymakers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.