Once freewheeling, Mar-a-Lago buttons up -- some -- in Trump's first year

(CNN)The suntanned snowbirds who comprise Mar-a-Lago's membership have noticed something different at President Donald Trump's private club this winter. On the patio and inside the dining room, a red velvet rope now surrounds the table where Trump and his immediate family sit for dinner. Around him

Police kill a man at his home while responding to a fake call

(CNN)A California man was arrested in connection with a prank call to police that led to a man's shooting death in Wichita, Kansas

Ousted Catalan leader urges Madrid to accept results, negotiate

(CNN)The former leader of Catalonia urged Madrid to enter political negotiations following a regional election that gave pro-independence parties a majority in the Catalan parliament.

LOOKING BACK 2017 Soaring prices sapped consumers

Abnormal price hike of daily essentials, from rice to garlic and salt to onion, remained a matter of worry for the consumers throughout the outgoing year, with traders and importers making whatever they could out of the situation amid allegations of lapses in monitoring by the government agencies concerned.

Locals vulnerable to diphtheria outbreak among Rohingyas

Rapid spread of diphtheria among Rohingyas is turning into a matter of concern for locals as they are coming in touch with ethnic minorities for carrying out humanitarian assistance and others services.

Yaba factory busted in Ctg

The Detective Branch of Chittagong Metropolitan Police on Wednesday arrested four people along with 2,50,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from a factory unearthed in Bapari Para area in Chittagong city.

Remain alert to safeguard independence, sovereignty PM tells army

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the newly-commissioned officers of Bangladesh Army to remain always alert and ready for safeguarding the country’s hard-earned independence and sovereignty

Two combat aircraft crash

Two combat trainer aircraft Yak-130 of Bangladesh Air Force crashed at Moheshkhali of the country’s south-eastern Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday evening. Inter-Services Public Relations director Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Rashidul Islam said all the four pilots were safe.

Boy killed in Gazipur slum fire

A boy was killed and two others were injured in a fire which broke out at a slum of Ershadnagar at Tongi in Gazipur early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Rana Ershad, 13, son of Monir Hossain while the injured were Monir Hossain and his other son Rajib.

Israel plans a Trump rail station as Trump-naming frenzy sweeps country

Jerusalem (CNN)A planned high-speed rail station in the Old City of Jerusalem will be named after President Donald Trump, Israeli Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz told CNN.