AG Jeff Sessions offered to quit during exchange with Trump

President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have had a series of heated exchanges in the last several weeks after Sessions recused himself from the Russia probe, a source close to Sessions told CNN Tuesday.

Tk 14,655cr spent to bail out SoBs

The government has given Tk 14,655 crore to bail out state-owned banks including scam-hit BASIC Bank and Sonali Bank in eight years.

4 SCAM-HIT SCBS BB raises loan disbursement ceiling

Bangladesh Bank has increased the credit ceiling for four scam-hit state-owned commercial banks for 2017 in accordance with the banks’ requirement as they claimed that a lower limit impeded them to enjoy expected profit.

Budget announcement causes price hike, says 56.5 pc people

Some 56.5 percent people of the country believe that prices of essentials witness hike after the announcement of national budget, according to a survey conducted by non-government organisation Brac and IID.

2018 will be year of people, tyrant will go: Khaleda

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday said that 2018 would be the year of people and both tyranny and the tyrant would leave the country in the year.

PARIS CLIMATE DEAL US pull-out disappoints Bangladesh

Bangladesh on Tuesday expressed its disappointment at the United States’ decision of withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement.

Qatar rift: Saudi, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt cut diplomatic ties

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates broke off relations with Qatar in the worst diplomatic crisis to hit Gulf Arab states in decades.

Contractor charged with leaking classified NSA info on Russian hacking

The Justice Department announced charges Monday against a federal contractor with Top Secret security clearance, after she allegedly leaked classified information to an online media outlet.

What we know about the London Bridge attackers

British authorities have now identified two of the three men behind Saturday night's brutal rampage at London Bridge -- and are investigating whether others were involved.

India has joined the world's space heavyweights

India has joined a select number of countries able to claim membership of the "heavy-lift" rocket club after it successfully launched a communications satellite weighing over three tonnes into space.