Trump likely to present Joint Chiefs with objectives for fighting ISIS
President Donald Trump will likely give the Joint Chiefs of Staff Friday a series of objectives for fighting ISIS so the military can design the strategic and tactical options to be presented to him in 30 days, a US official told CNN.
'The day is ours and so is the night': Furious Indian women fight back
It was Friday evening around 7 p.m. and Ankita Luharia was walking on a busy road in the northern Indian city of Jaipur.
Govt plans to introduce scouting at primary schools: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government has decided to introduce scouting at primary schools as part of an intensified effort to promote the youth movement in the country to grow up future generation as efficient manpower.
PROTEST AGAINST RAMPAL POWER PLANT, Dozens wounded in police attack
More than 50 people, including two journalists, were injured as police attacked pickets, fired teargas shells and rubber bullets, sprayed hot water using water cannon and charged baton during the half-day general strike in the capital on Thursday.
Cops assault 2 journalists
Police assaulted two television journalists of ATN News at Shahbagh police station in the capital on Thursday when they were filming cops’ action against an anti-Rampal protester, during the hartal hours, witnesses said.
Govts wants to divert public attention away from search committee: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday claimed that warrant for arresting Tarique Rahman in a ‘fabricated’ case is a clear government ‘tactic’ to divert public attention from the ‘partisan search committee.’
Private univs realise fees at their will: Nahid
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid told parliament on Thursday that the private universities realised tuition and others fees at their will in violation of the Private University Act 2010 that required them to fix the fees in consultation with the University Grants Commission.
Palestinian hopes of blocking Israeli settlements dim under Trump
What a difference a month makes. Cheered by a US abstention in late December allowing a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel settlement activity to pass, the Palestinians now face the cold reality that the new Trump administration would certainly block UN attempts to stop settlement growth.
Donald Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do
As he progressed from punchline to primary contender, from frontrunner to nominee, and then from seemingly doomed general election candidate to president-elect, Donald Trump has, for all his idiosyncrasies, offered a remarkably consistent package of promises.
Kim Jong Un wants to meet Trump, will never give up nukes, says defector
The only way to change North Korea's destiny is to change its leader, says the most senior North Korean diplomat to defect in almost 20 years.
