First on CNN: U.S. student detained in North Korea confesses to 'hostile act'
North Korea has allowed the world to get its first glimpse of Otto Frederick Warmbier, an American student at the University of Virginia, two months after his arrest.
Modernise train services, curb corruptions, say left politicians
Politicians, mass transport experts and railway trade union leaders in the city on Sunday called on the Awami League-led government to take steps to improve the quality of train services and modernise the sub-sector.
Baghdad market bombings kill 28; ISIS claims responsibility
Two blasts rocked a busy outdoor market in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 28 people.
PM lays foundation stones of 10 economic zones
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday laid the foundation stones of 10 economic zones, the first of its kind in the country, as she sought cooperation of the local people to set up those zones fast to build a prosperous Bangladesh.
Iran election: Reformists poised to win parliamentary seats, ministry says
Preliminary results in Iran's first major election since last year's landmark nuclear deal show reformists poised to take all 30 seats up for grabs in the capital, Tehran, the country's Interior Ministry says.
ABM Musa remembered
Academics, senior journalists and representatives from various professions on Sunday said that the nation now needed people like veteran journalist ABM Musa who was fearless in telling the truth and stood by the people with dissent opinions.
Donald Trump stumbles on David Duke, KKK
Donald Trump stumbled into a racially charged controversy Sunday, saying in an interview on CNN that he didn't know enough to disavow former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke.
500 acres of PWD land occupied illegally
Over 500 acres of Public Works Department lands have been illegally occupied by different quarters.
Future Chinese skylines could look more uniform
Chinese architecture will now officially be less weird. A statement from China's State Council Sunday, says new guidelines on urban planning will forbid the construction of "bizarre" and "odd-shaped" buildings that are devoid of character or cultural heritage.
Dhaka to seek $3b from AIIB for infra projects
The government will soon seek loans worth nearly $3 billion from China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for around two dozens of large and medium projects, a senior official of the finance ministry said.
