DNC MAYORAL BY-ELECTION EC fears legal complications
Election Commission officials said Tuesday that holding mayoral by-election in Dhaka North City faces legal complications over letting the voters of 18 new wards to cast their votes.
JAILING PHYSICIAN IN LAKSHMIPUR ADC made OSD, summoned by HC
Additional deputy commissioner of Lakshmipur Sheikh Murshidul Islam was made officer on special duty at public administration ministry on Tuesday, a day after a mobile court jailed a physician, Salauddin Sharif, for three months on the allegation of assaulting the ADC.
White House: Jerusalem embassy move a 'recognition of reality'
(CNN)President Donald Trump will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday and direct the State Department to begin the process to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, senior administration officials said.
The Republican rationalization of Roy Moore is now complete
Washington (CNN)Over the last 48 hours, the Republican Party has come to grips with a stark reality: Roy Moore may well win the Alabama special election next Tuesday. That realization has triggered a series of events. President Donald Trump, always interested in associating himself with winning
Deal or no deal: How the past 24 hours have changed Brexit
London (CNN)Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once famously opined that a week was a long time in politics. For today's incumbent, Theresa May, the past 24 hours must have felt even longer
Russia banned from Winter Olympics but 'clean' athletes can compete
(CNN)Russia has been banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules.However, Russian athletes who can prove that they are clean will be "invited" to compete in Pyeongchang, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.
Russia probe tests Pence in-the-dark defense
Washington (CNN)New revelations about Michael Flynn's lies to the FBI are laying bare Vice President Mike Pence's in-the-dark strategy when it comes to Russia's election meddling, raising new questions about whether he could have been left in the dark as he has argued for nearly a year.
Khaleda gets bail in graft cases
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Orphanage Trust and Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Charitable Trust graft cases.
Overcrowding increases risks of disease outbreak in Rohingya camps
Overcrowding has increased the risk of outbreak of diseases at camps of Rohingyas entering Bangladesh to flee ethnic cleansing in Rakhine State of Myanmar. Decongestion of Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar is a critical and immediate need to mitigate the health and safety risks
RESTORING CAPITAL’S CANALS HC asks govt to submit action plan in 6 months
The High Court Division on Monday directed the government to prepare and submit within six months ‘a time-bound action plan’ for the recovery and restoration of the capital’s 50 canals by demarcating their boundaries according to their original flows.
