NYT: Trump brags to Russians about firing 'nut job' Comey
President Donald Trump bragged to two top Russian officials last week that firing "nut job" FBI Director James Comey eased "great pressure" on him, The New York Times reported Friday.
Kushner called Lockheed CEO about $100B Saudi arms deal
President Donald Trump's son-in-law and utility diplomat, Jared Kushner, shocked a high-level Saudi delegation earlier this month when he personally called Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson and asked if she would cut the price of a sophisticated missile detection system, according to a source with knowledge of the call.
Russia: US strikes on pro-regime forces in Syria 'totally unacceptable'
Russia has condemned a series of US coalition airstrikes on a military convoy allied with President Bashar al-Assad in Syria as "totally unacceptable."
PM invited to visit Qatar
Qatari prime minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani has invited his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina to visit the Gulf state.
Take out ‘No Parking’ signs from roads: Annisul
Dhaka north city mayor Annisul Huq on Friday called on the private organisations and firms to take out ‘No Parking’ signs that were put up occupying city roads.
BNP wants success of CJ’s efforts: Moudud
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on Friday claimed that chief justice SK Sinha was ‘truly trying to establish independence of judiciary’.
AL’s election preparations to begin from today’s meeting: Quader
Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said his party will begin its preparations for the next parliament election from today’s extended meeting to be chaired by party chief Sheikh Hasina.
Land minister’s son among 11 arrested for vandalism
Police arrested Sirhan Sharif Tamal, son of land minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif, and 10 others on early Friday in a case of vandalising a house and assaulting an elderly woman the previous evening at Shaheed Aminpara under Ishwardi upazila in Pabna.
Special counsel appointed in Russia probe
The Justice Department on Wednesday appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to oversee the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, including potential collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign associates and Russian officials.
Putin offers transcript of Trump meeting with Lavrov
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to provide a transcript of a controversial Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, raising the stakes in an affair that has sent the White House into a tailspin.
