US Navy guided-missile sub calls in South Korea
The USS Michigan -- a guided-missile submarine -- arrived in South Korea for what a US defense official described as a show of force amid tensions between the US and North Korea.
China ups calls for calm after tense weekend on Korean Peninsula
With tensions rising on the Korean peninsula, China is calling for calm and urging all parties to avoid "provocative actions."
France urged to reject Le Pen in presidential vote runoff
France's defeated political establishment has begun to rally against far-right leader Marine Le Pen as she goes head-to-head against political novice Emmanuel Macron in the final race for the French presidency.
Obama re-emerges in public after avoiding political spotlight
Speaking in public for the first time since leaving the White House three months ago, former President Barack Obama on Monday avoided criticizing his successor, disappointing anyone who was hoping for a clash between the ex-president and President Donald Trump.
Paknar haor boro crops flooded too
Busting the protection embankment, the gushing flood water inundated early Monday the boro crops of Paknar haor, the second largest wetlands in Sunamganj, leaving no hope left for the residents of more than 60 villages.
RIVALRY BETWEEN TWO TOP AL LEADERS Conflicts leave Ctg into chaos
Infighting between ruling Awami League’s Chittagong city unit president ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, also former Chittagong city mayor for three consecutive terms, and general secretary AJM Nasir Uddin, also the incumbent mayor, has caused a chaotic situation in the port city.
PM orders strengthening relief work in haor areas
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked ministries concerned to strengthen relief operations in flash flood-hit haor areas and urged more media coverage of the government initiatives for the affected people.
BNP leader Selima Rahman gets bail in 22 cases
Bangladesh Nationalist Party vice-chairman Selima Rahman secured bail in 22 separate cases filed for carrying out sabotage in 2015.
FOUR YEARS OF RANA PLAZA COLLAPSE Victims remembered amid restrictions
Survivors and families of victims of Rana Plaza collapse remembered the victims with flowers and tears amid restriction from the police on Monday marking the fourth anniversary of the world’s biggest factory building collapse that killed at least 1,136 and injured 2,000 on April 24, 2013.
Le Pen faces Macron in final round of French presidential election
Voters in France have comprehensively snubbed the country's political establishment, sending far-right populist Marine Le Pen and political novice Emmanuel Macron through to the second round of the country's presidential election, early results indicate.
