South Korea scandal: President too busy to take questions, lawyer says
South Korea's President Park Geun-hye has once again refused to be questioned by prosecutors in a corruption scandal that has prompted mass street protests.
China approves $36 billion rail project
China's already massive rail network is about to get even bigger. The country's top economic planning agency has approved a 247 billion yuan ($36 billion) plan to better connect Beijing to the port city of Tianjin, as well as cities in neighboring Hebei Province.
What challenges are facing Pakistan's new army chief?
Pakistan has named a new army chief as the country faces a host of complex issues, from potential war with India, terrorism, and Donald Trump.
PM demands global fund on water
Stressing the need for addressing issues like protection and utilisation of water resources comprehensively, prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Hungary on Monday shared a seven-point agenda with global leaders with a call for creating a global fund on water.
Graft, irregularities bedevil NITOR
Monir Hossain, with his fractured leg, on Thursday morning was groaning in pain outside the emergency operation theatre of the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation.
All Rid Pharma execs acquitted
The Dhaka Drug Court on Monday acquitted all the five accused, top officials of Rid Pharmaceuticals Limited, of the charges of producing and marketing toxic Paracetamol syrup that caused the deaths of at least 28 children in 2009.
Police lodge case against 400, meeting banned
Phulbaria police Sunday night lodged a case accusing 300 to 400 people on charge of clashing with the law enforcers during an agitation when the teachers and the students of Phulbaria Degree College were demanding that their institution be nationalised.
'French Thatcher' Fillon wins France's Republican primary
French conservatives have picked François Fillon as their presidential candidate in next year's election.
Cruz to Trump, GOP: If we don't deliver 'there will be pitchforks and torches in the streets'
Sen. Ted Cruz warned President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican leaders they may face a popular revolt if they don't carry through on some of their biggest campaign promises, including repealing Obamacare.
Cubans, world commemorate Fidel Castro's life and death
Cubans will celebrate Fidel Castro's life at mass gatherings this week as the Caribbean country highlights the path Castro took during the revolution he embodied six decades ago.
