Finnair has begun weighing passengers
This is not quite business as usual. Finnair has just begun a new program where it weighs passengers before take-off to help the Finnish airline collect more accurate data about weights on its flights.
Saudi princes, ministers targeted in anti-corruption sweep
(CNN)Eleven princes were arrested in Saudi Arabia on Saturday following the formation of an anti-corruption committee by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Saudi-backed broadcaster Al-Arabiya reported.
Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over capital
(CNN)Yemeni rebels on Saturday targeted an airport in Saudi Arabia's capital with a ballistic missile, according to Yemen's Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry.
SC clears way for trial of Khaleda in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case
The Appellate Division on Monday cleared way for the continuation of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Orphanage Trust graft case against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Carers attack doctors at DMCH over patient’s death
A sudden attack from carers had forced the Dhaka Medical College Hospital doctors to go on work abstention keeping emergency healthcare stopped for about three hours that led to intense suffering of patients on Sunday.
BOTCHED CAESAREAN AT COMILLA CLINIC HC summons civil surgeon, clinic owner, doctor
The High Court Division on Sunday summoned the civil surgeon of Comilla, private clinic owner and physician to appear in person on November 7 to explain why caesarian section was conducted on 19-year old Khadiza Begum leaving one baby in her womb when her twin was born.
Khaleda reaches Cox’s Bazar
Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in their hundreds accorded colourful receptions to party chairperson Khaleda Zia on her way to Cox’s Bazar where she reached Sunday evening to visit Rohingyas who took shelter there fleeing ongoing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.
ATTEMPT TO KILL HASINA 11 jailed for life term, 20 years
A metropolitan sessions court in Dhaka on Sunday jailed 11 people for life term in a case and 20 years in another case for an attempt to kill Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, now the prime minister, in 1989.
Jared Kushner traveled unannounced to Saudi Arabia
Washington (CNN)Jared Kushner and other senior White House advisers traveled to Saudi Arabia last week to continue discussions on Middle East peace, a White House official told CNN.
UK minister investigated after sex toy allegations
London (CNN)British Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered an investigation into an international trade minister, Mark Garnier, who reportedly admitted to asking his personal assistant to buy sex toys and used a sexual slur against her.