Zafar Iqbal’s attackers are fanatics: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday termed ‘fanatics’ the attackers of Muhammad Zafar Iqbal and urged all to keep their children away from extremism, terrorism and drug abuse.

Zafar Iqbal out of danger, attacker confesses

Professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, who suffered serious injuries in a knife attack on the campus of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology on Saturday afternoon, is now feeling well and out of danger, said a doctor at the Combined Military Hospital.

SC disposes of NBR’s decision to freeze Robi accounts

The Appellate Division on Sunday disposed of the decision of the National Board of Revenue to freeze all the bank accounts of mobile phone operator Robi on charge of dodging Value Added Tax.

BNP announces 2-day fresh programmes for Khaleda’s release

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday again announced countrywide human chain and sit-in programmes for Tuesday and Thursday respectively for release of the party chief Khaleda Zia from jail.

Muhith asks CID to submit report on BB reserve heist

Finance minister AMA Muhith on Sunday said he asked the Criminal Investigation Department to submit their investigation report on the heist of country’s central bank reserve soon as the government expects to file a law suit to recover the remaining portion of the stolen money.

Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'

(CNN)President Donald Trump bemoaned a decision not to investigate Hillary Clinton after the 2016 presidential election, decrying a "rigged system" that still doesn't have the "right people" in place to fix it, during a freewheeling speech to Republican donors in Florida on Saturday.

WaPo: Stormy Daniels' lawyer almost called off agreement with Trump lawyer

Washington (CNN)The porn star known as Stormy Daniels threatened to call off a nondisclosure agreement with President Donald Trump's lawyer weeks before the election, The Washington Post reports, citing an email from Daniels' lawyer obtained by the newspaper

SPD votes 'yes' to coalition: Germany to have new government within weeks

(CNN)German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to form a new government, after the Social Democratic Party voted to renew a coalition with her Christian Democrats, ending months of political deadlock.

Rome's sad decline sums up Italy's problems

Rome (CNN)Few cities in the world bear the scars of such a tumultuous past as the ancient city of Rome. It has been sacked by the Gauls and the Goths, by the French and the Fascists, with each invader leaving a layer of history that adds to to its complexity.

Uncertainty looms as Italy heads to the polls

(CNN)One of Europe's most critical elections of the year is underway, with Italians voting in a divisive parliamentary election that is likely to push the country into a state of political paralysis with no outright winner in sight