'Surreal' Trump meeting on guns left Republicans reeling, Democrats optimistic
(CNN)Nobody knew quite what to think.After a wide-ranging, televised meeting Wednesday at the White House, Democrats walked away stunned and with some tepid optimism that something substantial could happen on guns, while Republicans appeared flummoxed.
Sessions pushes back on Trump after 'disgraceful' insult
Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushed back against President Donald Trump's latest insult on Wednesday, prolonging an increasingly awkward public spat between the President and his top law enforcement official
China's top paper says Xi Jinping won't necessarily serve for life
Hong Kong (CNN)China's top newspaper has defended a move to drop presidential term limits, refuting allegations that it clears the way for Xi Jinping to rule the country indefinitely.
Hope Hicks is resigning from the White House
(CNN)White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump's longest-serving and closest aides, is resigning, the White House confirmed Wednesday
Scientists detect 'fingerprint' of first light ever in the universe
(CNN)Scientists have detected traces of the earliest light in the universe thought to emanate from the first stars formed after the Big Bang, billions of years ago
Include agriculture in curricula: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to include agriculture and its practical aspects in curricula to encourage students to properly know about cultivation system
3-day Lalan Festival kicks off in Kushtia
In memory of legendry mystic bard Baul king Lalan Shah, a three-day Lalon festival kicked off at Lalan Akhra of Cheuria in Kushtia from Thursday.The festival will feature Lalan Mela, discussion and musical soiree every day
Nizam Hazari’s MP status legal: HC
The High Court on Thursday, in its order, declared parliament membership of Awami League lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari legal.
NBR unfreezes Robi accounts
The National Board of Revenue on Thursday unfroze the bank accounts of the mobile phone operator Robi following its undertakings to pay the unpaid value-added tax and supplementary duty worth Tk 18.73 crore on Sunday
Hajj flight to begin July 14
Religious affairs minister Motiur Rahman on Thursday said the Hajj flights carrying Bangladeshi pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year will begin on July 14
