Trump: Black Lives Matter has helped instigate police killings

Donald Trump said Monday he believes the Black Lives Matter movement has in some cases helped instigate the recent killings of police officers, and suggested he might direct his future attorney general to investigate the civil rights activist group.

Brother of Pakistan's Qandeel Baloch: I'm 'proud' of strangling my sister

The brother of Pakistani social media star, Qandeel Baloch, says he's proud he killed his sister, claiming he did it because "girls are born to stay home."

Operation Irene begins at Ctg Port

Customs Intelligence launched a two-day special drive titled ‘Operation Irene’ at Chittagong Port on Monday.

Drop Ramal thermal power plant project

Leaders of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resource, Power and Ports on Monday called on the government to drop the proposed coal-based thermal power plant at Rampal in Bagerhat to save the Sunderbans, the biggest mangrove forest in the world.

Jamalpur war crimes: 3 Al-Badr men sentenced to death, 5 jailed for life

Three absconding Al-Badr men Md Ashraf Hossain, 64, Md Abdul Mannan, 66, and Md Abdul Bari, 62 were on Monday handed death sentences and five others to jail terms until death for the war crimes they committed in the then Jamalpur sub-division during the Liberation War.

City tanners’ daily fine cut to Tk 10,000

The Appellate Division on Monday reduced daily fines to Tk 10,000 from Tk 50,000 the High Court earlier imposed on each of the 154 errant tannery owners until they shifted their factories from Hazaribagh to tannery park at Savar.

Death in Rana Plaza collapse: Rana, 40 others indicted

The Dhaka District and Sessions Judge’s Court on Monday charged Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana and 40 others with murder of 1,137 people in the collapse of the nine-storey building, which housed five apparel factories, at Savar on April 24, 2013.

Baton Rouge shooting: 3 officers dead; shooter was Missouri man, sources say

A Missouri man ambushed and killed three law officers and wounded three others in Baton Rouge on Sunday during a time when police nationwide and in the Louisiana city in particular have been on high alert after five officers were killed in a Dallas ambush July 7.

Coup attempt in Turkey: What you need to know

If you're not up on the latest events in Turkey, here's a brief explainer about the coup attempt and what brought it about.