Dozens dead after Kabul bomb attack

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)At least 24 people have been killed in a car bomb attack in Kabul on Monday morning, according to an Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman. At least 42 others were injured in the blast.

First Hajj flight with 418 pilgrims off to Jeddah

The first Hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying 418 Bangladeshi pilgrims took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Monday morning. Civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon, religious affairs minister Motiur Rahman and high officials of the two ministries saw the pilgrims off at the airport.

Ctg traders count huge losses as warehouses submerged

Low-lying areas of Chittagong city went under water due to incessant rain and high tide on Sunday. The rainfall started Sunday morning and was continuing till afternoon, submerging many areas of the port city from knee-deep to waist-deep waters, causing immense sufferings to the dwellers.

Public admin scy himself complains of ‘ghost electricity bill’

Public administration secretary Md Mozammel Haque Khan on Sunday said that he himself was a victim of overbilling for power consumption at his government house in Dhaka.

42pc GPA 5 scorer from capital

About 42 per cent of the students who have scored Grade Point Average 5 in the Higher Secondary Certificate examinations this year are from Dhaka as many educational institutions offering intermediate course in Dhaka are well equipped with educational facilities and teachers.

N’GANJ SEVEN-MURDER CASE AG for upholding death of 16 RAB members, 10 others

Attorney general Mahbubey Alam on Sunday argued in the High Court in favour of upholding the lower court verdict in the sensational seven murders that took place in Narayanganj in 2014.

US commissions largest-ever warship: What does it mean for Asia?

(CNN)The United States has just sent "a 100,000-ton message to the world," says US President Donald Trump. The message comes in the form of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, a $13 billion behemoth commissioned into the US Navy's fleet on Saturday.

Marines facing 'discouraging' challenges in Afghanistan

Camp Shorab, Afghanistan (CNN)The plume of smoke and dust rose over the runway, high above the now-deserted but once costly and vital control towers.

Princes William and Harry recall their last words with Princess Diana

(CNN)Prince William and Prince Harry have spoken of their regret at the brevity of their final phone call with their mother, Princess Diana, just hours before her 1997 death in a car crash in Paris.

Scaramucci: Trump still doesn't accept intelligence conclusion on Russia

Washington (CNN)US President Donald Trump remains unconvinced that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 election, his new White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said on Sunday.