Donald Trump's 'blood' comment about Megyn Kelly draws outrage
Donald Trump's feud with Megyn Kelly escalated Friday night when he said the Fox News host had "blood coming out of her wherever" at this week's Republican debate, resulting in swift condemnation from conservatives and a major political event pulling its invitation to him.
Can the Singapore success story last another 50 years?
For a tiny country with few natural resources, the Republic of Singapore is an exceptional success story.On its 50th anniversary, the city-state certainly has much to celebrate.
Soudelor drenches China, downgraded to tropical storm
Typhoon Soudelor pounded Taiwan with fierce winds and torrential rain Saturday, killing five people before barreling on to China as a tropical storm.
U.S. service member among more than 50 killed in Afghanistan attacks
More than 50 people -- including 27 students at a police academy and one U.S. service member -- were killed in three separate attacks in Afghanistan on Friday, according to U.S. and Afghan officials.
Students elect their first-ever cabinets
Students of over 1,040 secondary schools and madrassahs cast their votes amid festival mood to elect their first-ever cabinets on Saturday.
Cruelty to children won’t be spared: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the culprits behind the recent violence against children will not be spared and that the criminals will get exemplary punishment. ‘We’ll have to ensure exemplary punishment to show people that no one is spared if one commits crimes,’ she said, reports United News of Bangladesh.
CHT Land Commission resolves no dispute in 16 years
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution Commission remains ineffective as it has failed to resolve any dispute in 16 years, while the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples will be observed today in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the world.
ATTACK ON BLOGGERS: Slow progress in probe gives impetus to attackers
Investigation into cases relating to attacks and killings of bloggers have barely seen progress, although such killings have continued since 2013. Delayed investigation and trials are encouraging the assailants to continue with their crimes, said fellow activists of the bloggers.
Another blogger killed in city Police refused to record GD earlier
Another blogger and online activist was hacked to death by a gang of armed assailants inside his house in the capital’s East Goran area on Friday afternoon, barely three months after another blogger was killed in Sylhet.
Powerful Typhoon Soudelor slams into Taiwan
Typhoon Soudelor made landfall Saturday morning just north of the Taiwanese city of Hualien on the east coast of the island, bringing fierce winds and torrential rain.
