China one-child policy: Member of first generation looks back at rule's impact
Growing up in Shanghai in the 1980s, I never thought much of the fact that most of my classmates were only children.
First on CNN: German rapper who joined ISIS killed in U.S. strike, official says
A prominent German ISIS propagandist was killed by a U.S. strike while he was traveling in a vehicle in Syria earlier this month, a U.S. official told CNN.
Knives, guns, blood and fear: Inside the Texas biker shootout
After the guns fell silent on May 17 -- one of the bloodiest afternoons in the history of American motorcycle clubs -- nine bikers lay dead in a strip mall parking lot littered with weapons.
James Clapper: Vladimir Putin in Syria is 'winging this'
Moscow's escalating militancy in Syria comes not because of careful strategic decisions but rather because Russian President Vladimir Putin is "winging this," Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told CNN Thursday in an exclusive interview.
Pentagon: 'We're in combat' in Iraq
The Pentagon conceded Wednesday that U.S. troops are in combat in Iraq after days of dancing around the characterization following the first death of U.S. service member in the campaign against ISIS.
Idle forex reserve swells further to $27b
The country’s foreign exchange reserve crossed US$ 27 billion mark for the first time on Thursday as the International Monetary Fund released US$ 255 million loan on the day amid heavy purchase of the US dollars by the central bank from local banks.
Abandon Rampal power plant project: national committee
Leaders of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Thursday called on the government to abandon the coal fired Rampal and Orion power plants in the vicinity of the Sunderbans.
ZIA CHARITABLE TRUST CASE : Khaleda to return home by Nov 7: lawyers
Defence counsel told the Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-3 on Thursday that Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia would return home from London by November 7 as she wanted to appear before the court in the trial.
12,000 acres of Gazipur Forest land in grabbers’ hands
At least 59 owners of industries and other powerful individuals grabbed a 12,321-acre area of the 66,800-acre Gazipur Forest, a parliamentary standing committee revealed Thursday. The chairman of the committee on environment and forest ministry, Hasan Mahmud, MP, said this at a news briefing.
Driver shortage cripples BRTC
State run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation is facing an acute shortage of bus drivers. BRTC is virtually limping in operating 1,066 buses in running condition with 1,091 drivers, 300 of whom are about 70-year olds, said officials.
