French government rules out First Lady role for Brigitte Macron
(CNN)French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to officially recognize his wife Brigitte as First Lady of France appears to have been abandoned, amid growing opposition to the idea. The Élysée Palace refused to comment on the decision to backtrack, but told CNN affiliate BFM TV that a "transparency charter" clarifying Brigitte Macron's position would be released in the coming days.
Cabinet okays proposal to open seven new missions abroad
The cabinet on Monday endorsed a proposal to open seven new Bangladesh missions abroad and gave retrospective approval to establishment of 17 missions already established in different countries.
DRAFT GAS SECTOR MASTER PLAN 26pc demand unmet, more crisis ahead
Gas crisis in the country would be acute in near future with at least 26 per cent of the demand remaining unmet now, according to a draft report on Gas Sector Master Plan 2017 submitted on Monday.
PROBE REPORT ON POLICE EXCESSES AT SHAHBAGH Action against seven cops recommended
A three-member committee formed over police excesses at Shahbagh that damaged college student Siddiqur Rahman’s eyes submitted its probe report on Monday recommending departmental action against seven cops and claiming that it failed to identify the cop who shot tear-gas shell at Siddiqur from close range
KILLING OF FIVE OF A FAMILY Lone accused Mahfuz to die
A Narayanganj court on Monday sentenced a youth, Mahfuzur Rahman, to death for killing five members of a family at Baburail in Narayanganj city in January 2016. Narayanganj district and sessions judge Hosne Ara Akter gave the verdict. Mahful was also fined Tk 5,000
RMG workers block road, clash with cop
Several hundred workers of a readymade garment factory at Mirpur-1 in the capital on Monday blocked the road in front of Sony Cinema Hall of the area and clashed with police over their demands including reinstatement of fellow workers and payment of dues.
North Korea vows to 'make the US pay dearly' as sanctions tighten
Manila, Philippines (CNN)North Korea has accused the United States of "trying to drive the situation of the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war" after the UN Security Council unanimously adopted new sanctions Saturday in response to Pyongyang's long-range ballistic missile tests last month.
Why 2018 might not be such an amazing election for Democrats
(CNN)All the signs suggest that 2018 is going to be a very good year for Democrats. Midterm elections are historically terrible for the president's party. In 18 of the last 20 midterm elections, the president's party has lost seats. In those 18 elections, the average seat loss is 33.
Trump's record on press conferences breaks 64 years of precedent
President Trump has held just one solo press conference since he took office 200 days ago. It's a break from past presidents. Every one since Dwight Eisenhower held more solo press conferences than Trump by this point in their terms.
Kenyans vote in hotly contested presidential election
(CNN)Kenyans are heading to the polls in a hotly contested election that pits incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta against the nation's former prime minister.
