North and South Korean top diplomats speak in Manila, South Korean media reports
Manila, Philippines (CNN)The foreign ministers of North Korea and South Korea spoke face-to-face at a gala in Manila Sunday night, according to South Korean media reports.
Strong reaction in New Hampshire to Trump's 'drug-infested den' remarks
Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN)Was it "really disgusting" or "right on the mark"? Those show the range of reactions in New Hampshire to President Donald Trump's characterization of the state as a "drug-infested den" while speaking to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in January.
Storm at Google over engineer's anti-diversity manifesto
Google executives have responded to a 3,300-word manifesto written by one of its male engineers that argues women aren't suited for tech jobs for "biological" reasons.
Venezuela quells 'paramilitary' attack at base; 2 dead
CARACAS, Venezuela (CNN)Venezuela remained a powder keg on Sunday as authorities said they had quelled an anti-government paramilitary attack at a military base that led to the deaths of two people, and the country's attorney general defied her ouster by the newly elected National Constituent Assembly.
Jeremy Clarkson hospitalized with pneumonia
(CNN)British television personality Jeremy Clarkson is being treated for pneumonia after being admitted to a hospital in Spain. A spokesperson for Clarkson's Amazon Prime show, "The Grand Tour" said in a written statement that Clarkson "was admitted to hospital on Friday morning during a family holiday in Spain."
Govt gets two weeks more to publish judges' discipline rules
The Supreme Court on Sunday gave the government two weeks more to publish the gazette notification on the rules determining discipline and conduct of lower court judges. The six-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha,
25kg gold seized at Shahjalal airport
Customs officials held a man with 25 kilograms of gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday night. Assistant commissioner of Customs Intelligence Ehsanul Kabir said Jamil, the arrestee, came to Dhaka from Singapore around 10:30pm.
Ethnic minorities now passing toughest time: Santu
Adivasi Forum president Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, known as Santu Larma, on Saturday said that ethnic minorities of the country were now going through the toughest time amid repeated attacks and land grabbing as they lacked constitutional recognition.
16TH AMENDMENT VERDICT Direct election to JS women reserved seats favoured
The Appellate Division in its 16th Amendment verdict, released Tuesday, hoped that the 50 women MPs from the reserved seats would be elected through direct election. The verdict called electing the women MPs from the reserved seats by 300 elected MPs as ‘incompatible with the spirit of the Preamble of the Constitution as well as its Article 7(1).
BANASREE DOMESTIC HELP’S DEATH Two cases filed
Two cases were filed on Friday night over the mysterious death of domestic help Laili Begum at her employer’s residence at Banasree in the capital. The victim’s brother-in-law, Shahidul Islam, filed a case with Khilgaon Police Station accusing her employer Munshi Moin Uddin, his wife Shahnaj Begum, their security guard
