Pope due today
Pope Francis is due here this afternoon on a three-day state visit carrying message of harmony, peace, reconciliation and forgiveness when he eschewed even using the word ‘Rohingya’ in the address he delivered in Myanmar on Tuesday
Tamim upholds spirit of game in Comilla win
Spirit of the game overshadowed on-field actions as Comilla Victorians defeated Dhaka Dynamites by 12 runs to return to the top of the table in the Bangladesh Premier League in Chittagong on Wednesday.
Trump retweets anti-Muslim videos
(CNN)President Donald Trump retweeted Wednesday morning three inflammatory videos from a British far-right account rife with anti-Muslim content.
NBC fires Matt Lauer after complaint about 'inappropriate sexual behavior'
Matt Lauer was fired from NBC News on Wednesday after an employee filed a complaint about "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace," the network announced. Savannah Guthrie made the announcement at the top of the "Today" show. "We are devastated," she said.
Norway police uncover 150 cases of rape and assault in remote region
(CNN)More than 150 cases of alleged sexual assault have been uncovered in a remote region in northern Norway, according to a police report published Tuesday
US risks losing artificial intelligence arms race to China and Russia
Washington (CNN)More than 60 years after a space race rivalry with the Soviet Union ushered in a new era of ballistic missile development, the US is facing another "Sputnik moment" amid a rapidly escalating international competition over artificial intelligence, according to former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work.
Haley: North Korea has brought the world 'closer to war'
Washington (CNN)Members of the United Nations Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile during an emergency meeting in New York on Wednesday
Dhaka back in BPL summit
Evin Lewis exploded to score 75 runs off 31 balls as holders Dhaka Dynamites romped to a seven-wicket win over Chittagong Vikings to return to the summit in the Bangladesh Premier League points-table on Monday
3 ‘extremists’ killed in RAB raid
Three suspected extremists were found dead on Tuesday at a house in remote Madhya Char area under Chapainawabganj Sadar where Rapid Action Battalion members conducted a raid since early hours of the day.
Officers need to give up colonial mindset: HC
The jawans and the officers need to change their colonial mindsets, said Justice Md Shawkat Hossain, presiding judge of a three-judge special bench of the High Court Division, in the observations relating to the unanimous verdict in the death references and appeals of BDR men convicted for slaying their commanders during the February 2009 mutiny at Peelkhana.
