Ivanka Trump Japan-bound for speech
(CNN)Ivanka Trump is heading to Japan next week, where she will deliver a speech at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.On Friday, November 3, the first daughter and adviser to President Donald Trump will discuss women's
China's Xi reveals new leadership team but no obvious successor
Beijing (CNN)China's President Xi Jinping is here to stay.The new lineup for the Chinese Communist Party's all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) was unveiled Wednesday, without a heir apparent to Xi, who analysts predict will continue dominate the country's politics for decades to come.
Flake's speech burning Trump gets standing ovation from some Republicans
Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, who has sparred frequently with President Donald Trump, will not run for re-election, he said Tuesday in a blistering floor speech bemoaning the changing tenor of politics in the United States.
Millions of Thais bid King Bhumibol Adulyadej a final farewell
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN)Draped in plastic sheets to keep off the rain, Thais slept in the streets of Bangkok Wednesday to reserve a place to witness the funeral parade for the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who ruled the country for 70 years
Saudi crown prince promises 'a more moderate Islam'
(CNN)As his country experiences the early pangs of a cultural and economic transformation, Saudi Arabia's crown prince vowed Tuesday to destroy "extremist ideologies" in a bid to return to "a more moderate Islam."
Fire guts 58 shops, houses in Rangamati
Around 58 shops and houses were gutted as a fire broke out at Korolyachhari Bazar of Langadu in Rangamati early Tuesday.Fire service sources said that the fire broke out around 1:00am from an electric short circuit. Later, the fire engulfed 58 shops and houses of the bazar.
New gas reserve found in Bhola
Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited has discovered a new gas reserve of around 700 billion cubic feet near Shahbazpur in Bhola, raising the overall gas reserve of the area to around one trillion cubic feet.
Khaleda sits with BNP policymakers
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night discussed with her party’s top policymakers about the political situation and organisational activities during her stay in London.
Muhith reacts against rice import from Myanmar
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Monday reacted against the recent government move to procure rice from Myanmar that continued forcing Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh to save life.
BNP leader MK Anwar passes away
BNP standing committee member and former minister MK Anwar died in the early hours of Tuesday at his Elephant Road residence in the city. He was 85. Anwar, a bureaucrat-turned politician breathed his last around 1:20am, said BNP chairperson’s media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan.
