Joint exercises prompt new nuclear threat from North Korea
North Korea warned it would make a "preemptive and offensive nuclear strike" in response to joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises that began Monday.
Latin America upbeat about improving relations with Dhaka
There is much scope to improve trade, investment and bilateral relation between Bangladesh and Latin American nations, observed ambassadors of nine Latin American countries.
CNN projects Sanders tops Clinton in Maine caucuses; Rubio wins Puerto Rico primary
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will beat Hillary Clinton in the Maine Democratic caucuses, CNN projects, while Florida Sen. Marco Rubio won the Republican primary in Puerto Rico.
Nancy Reagan dead at 94
Former first lady Nancy Reagan, who joined her husband on a storybook journey from Hollywood to the White House, died Sunday.
PM declares jute as agricultural goods
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina announced giving jute production and jute the status of agricultural goods and extending same facilities to the agriculture sector for its production, marketing and export.
Super Saturday: Trump, Cruz score double victories
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz claimed two Super Saturday victories each while Democrat Bernie Sanders also scored a pair of morale-boosting wins and Hillary Clinton won one state.
Man wins $291 million in lottery, brother wins $7
Remember when your parents used to tell you to be nice to your siblings? Maybe it was because one day you both would grow up and win the lottery, except one of you would win the jackpot and the other would win $7.
North Korea ship impounded in Philippines as part of fresh sanctions
While North Korea keeps firing literal and figurative salvos, the world has responded with harsher sanctions -- ones that the Philippines has put into effect by detaining a ship from the reclusive East Asian nation.
4 nuns, 12 others killed in 'diabolical' attack on elderly home in Yemen
There are few places in Yemen -- homes, schools, hospitals -- that haven't been scarred by the ongoing war ravaging that Arab nation.
Zia’s brother to float new party
Bangladesh Nationalist Party founder late president Ziaur Rahman’s younger brother Ahmed Kamal on Saturday said that he would float a new nationalist party to implement ideals and principles of Zia from which, according to him, the party had deviated.
