Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump Tuesday at an Iowa campaign stop, delivering a raucous speech full of Palin-isms during her return to the presidential campaign trail.

South Korea's first line of defense against North's nuclear threat

North Korea's fourth nuclear test two weeks ago put 28,000 U.S. troops along the border in South Korea on high alert -- and none more so than the 23rd Chemical Battalion, the first line of defense against chemical, biological or nuclear attack.

North Korea's latest boast: Alcohol without the hangover

It put the world on edge after its supposed hydrogen bomb test. But perhaps we can learn to love North Korea now that it claims to have invented a revolutionary liquor that won't leave you bleary-eyed and hungover.

Eight in pretrial custody in Cologne New Year's Eve mass robberies, sex assaults

Eight men are in pretrial custody in connection with a spate of New Year's Eve mass robberies and sex assaults in Cologne, attacks that spurred a vigorous debate about asylum seekers in Germany.

ISIS confirms death of 'Jihadi John'

ISIS has confirmed the death of "Jihadi John" -- aka Mohammed Emwazi, aka Abu Muharib al-Muhajir -- in the latest issue of its Dabiq magazine.

UP CHAIRMEN POLLS : Local leaders of AL, BNP lobbying for nominations

Local leaders of ruling Awami League and BNP began desperate lobbying to get their parties’ nominations to contest the coming Union Parishad polls as chairmen candidates. The local political scenario has been warmed up by the maiden opportunity to contest as the chairmen candidates with parties nomination.

TANNERY RELOCATION TO SAVAR : Govt may give compensation to tanners despite little dev works

The government is going to relax the conditions it set for disbursement of the 2nd instalment of the compensation package for relocation of tanneries from Hazaribagh to Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, paving the way for withdrawing money by tanners by showing limited amount of development work.

BNP celebrates Zia’s birth anniversary

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday celebrated the 80th birth anniversary of the party’s founder, late president Ziaur Rahman, with a vow to carry out the struggle to liberate democracy.

Mahabub Hossain remembered

Economists and colleagues and classmates of agriculture and development economist Mahabub Hossain on Tuesday remembered his role in agricultural and rural development.

JP leadership in tatters

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday in a tug-of-war over the party leadership removed Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu as the party secretary general and replaced him with Ruhul Amin Howlader.