Hurricane Matthew pounds Cuba after drenching Haiti
Hurricane Matthew's strong winds pounded Cuba on Tuesday night even as the powerful storm took its last lashes at Haiti, where it downed trees, drenched the ground with feet of rain and flooded streets.
Party: Hong Kong protest leader Joshua Wong detained in Thailand
Joshua Wong, a student leader who helped bring tens of thousands onto Hong Kong's streets during pro-democracy protests in 2014, has been detained in Bangkok, Thailand, according to his political party.
Google unveils its Pixel smartphone and VR headset
It's a big day for Google.Looking to drum up consumer excitement, the tech company hosted an event in San Francisco on Tuesday to unveil a series of products, including two new phones, a virtual reality headset and the Chromecast Ultra.
Vengeance of love denied
The college girl who was hacked allegedly by a leader of Bangladesh Chattra League at MC College in Sylhet city Monday afternoon is now on life support after his operation by a team of neurosurgeons at Square Hospital in the capital.
EC gets poor response
On the first two days few voters turned out to collect their Smart National Identity Cards, Election Commission officials said.
Home economics students block intersection
People living in the areas surrounding Dhaka University and in old town in the capital experienced severe traffic congestion as students of Home Economics College blocked New Market intersection for six hours from Tuesday morning, demanding elevation of their college as a full-fledged institute under Dhaka University.
Kashmir conflict: Dhaka to stand by Delhi
The minister for home affairs, Asaduzzaman Khan, on Tuesday said that Bangladesh will stand by India if it comes under attack over the conflict between India and Pakistan over the control of Kashmir.
Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel Prize for medical research on cells
Biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi, of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine prize or physiology for his discoveries in autophagy -- the process whereby a cell recycles part of its own contents.
First on CNN: North Korea may be planning October Surprise, study says
If history is any guide, provocative actions from North Korea can be expected around the time of US elections, a new study says.
Post-debate, Clinton takes the lead
Hillary Clinton emerges from the first presidential debate with a five-point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the presidency, having narrowed the enthusiasm gap between her supporters and Trump's, and holding broad advantages over the Republican nominee as the candidate with the right temperament and preparation for the job, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.
