US conducts airstrikes on Afghanistan opium labs
(CNN)The US conducted airstrikes targeting opium processing labs in Afghanistan Sunday, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Michael Andrews tells CNN. The airstrikes were part of a joint US-Afghan operation targeting drug facilities in Taliban-controlled areas in northern Helmand Province.
Robert Mugabe to meet with ousted VP as impeachment looms
Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN)Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has agreed to direct talks with the former Vice President he recently fired, the country's military chief said Monday.Emmerson Mnangagwa has been out of the country since Mugabe ousted him earlier this month. His ouster triggered a political crisis amid repeated calls for Mugabe to step down.
Tillerson to meet Myanmar military supremo
US secretary of state Rex Tillerson arrived in Myanmar on Wednesday for talks with the army chief whose forces have been accused of atrocities against ethnic Muslim Rohingya during an operation that drove more than 600,000 to flee to Bangladesh.
ROHINGYA REPATRIATION Dhaka, int’l community for quick return
The Bangladesh government and the international community are preparing to put further pressure on Myanmar authorities next week for ensuring return of Rohingyas as influx of the ethnic minority people into Bangladesh continued amid unrelenting violence in Rakhine State.
Sessions changes statement about Trump campaign and Russia
US attorney general Jeff Sessions acknowledged on Tuesday he was aware of contact between Donald Trump's election campaign and Russian intermediaries, again modifying a previous statement about the extent of connections to Moscow.
ATTACK ON HINDUS ‘Facebook user’ Titu arrested
Police arrested Titu Ray, the lone accused in a case of defaming Islam and its prophet in a facebook post that led to an arson attack on houses of Hindus in village Thakurpara in Rangpur, in Nilphamari early Tuesday.
GIVING IMPUNITY TO JUSTICE JOYNUL AD’s letter tarnished highest court’s image: HC
The High Court on Tuesday said that the image and dignity of the highest court was tarnished by a letter the Appellate Division office issued stating that the Anti-Corruption Commission should take no action against former Appellate Division judge Md Joynul Abedin on allegation of possessing illegal wealth.
Bangladeshi national shot dead by BSF
The Indian Border Security Force shot a Bangladeshi cattle trader dead and injured another one on Burimari border at Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat early Wednesday.
RMG WORKERS Move taken to review wages
A move has been initiated to review wages of readymade garment workers against the backdrop of workers’ movement for pay hike and demands from national and international labour rights groups.
400 killed as quake hits Iraq, Iran
More than 400 people were killed in Iran when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the country, state media said on Monday, and rescuers were searching for dozens trapped under rubble in the mountainous area. At least six have died in Iraq as well.
