Revelers around the globe ring in 2018 amid heightened security
(CNN)Throngs of revelers packed cities around the globe to usher in 2018 with public celebrations and fireworks, despite fears of terrorism and frigid weather in some places. In New York, hundreds of thousands of people packed Times Square in the 10-degree Fahrenheit weather to watch the 2018 ball drop and confetti rain down on the street.
Anthony Scaramucci: Trump's view on climate change might surprise you
Washington (CNN)Short-lived White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's tweet last week on climate change, saying that his actual opinion on the subject might surprise people
'The fruit of war': Pope Francis prints photo of Nagasaki victims
(CNN)Pope Francis is having cards printed and distributed showing a 1945 photo of victims of the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki along with the words "the fruit of war."The photo captures a boy carrying his dead brother on his shoulders while he waits for his turn at the crematory. It was taken by US Marine photographer Joe O'Donnell shortly after the bombs were dropped at the end of World War II.
Looking Back 2017: Education plagued by question leak
The government in the outgoing year failed to check question leak in public exams; it rather spread to the school-based terminal exams of elementary education, causing further slide in the already declining standards of education
PM visits Jessore today
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit Jessore on Sunday to join the President Parade-2017 marking the commissioning of Bangladesh Air Force officers and inaugurate different development projects in the district.
Pry pass rate falls to 8yr low, jr school to 7yr low
Pass rate of primary completion examinations fell to its eight-year low while combined pass rate in Junior School Certificate and equivalent examinations dropped to its seven-year low. Pass rate of Ibtedayi completion exam fell to its five-year low, show results published on Saturday
BSF shoots dead B’deshi, abducts another
The Indian Border Security Force shot dead a Bangladeshi trader and injured another along northern Lalmonirhat border in early Saturday when a senior-level meeting between border guarding forces was underway in south-eastern Chittagong
DEMO FOR MPO Teachers to begin hunger strike today
Khulna University graduate Abhishek Mondal never bent down to poverty on his way to achieving ‘first class’ at all levels in his academic career.After completing his master’s in sociology, he joined Shimu Reza MP College in Satkhira as a lecturer in 2012 with maintaining all official procedure
What's at play in Iranian protests?
(CNN)The largest public display of discontent in Iran since the 2009 Green Movement has brought about a series of tweets from US President Donald Trump, pushback from the Iranian government and a scene that might have been unfathomable a decade ago
9 celebrity feuds of 2017, starring Donald Trump
(CNN)Whether you relish President Donald Trump's combative style or are overcome with anxiety when he tweets, one thing is clear: Trump never backs down in a feud, and he is not likely to start in 2018
