Qatari royals among 26 hostages released in Iraq
Members of the Qatari royal family held hostage in Iraq since 2015 were among 26 Qataris released on Friday, a Qatari source told CNN.
Venezuela: How paradise got lost
From its Caribbean beaches to the snow-capped Andes, Venezuela is a place of astonishing natural beauty. It also possesses the largest proven oil reserves in the world.
Rain wreaks havoc in Ctg
Downpour combined with high tide on Friday sent low-lying areas of Chittagong city under water, bringing normal life almost to a halt.
Lucky Akhand dies
Legendary musician Lucky Akhand is no more. He breathed his last at 6:00pm at his Armanitola house in Dhaka. He was 61.
ROLLING OUT POLL-TIME GOVT FRAMEWORK BNP drags heels
Bangladesh Nationalist Party is yet to place the framework of an election-time government it had proposed to put forth to the nation five months ago.
AL-HEFAZAT TIE Allies not happy
Parties in the ruling Awami League-led alliance consider Awami League’s compromise with Hefazat-e-Islam as a backward step for democratic politics and they would not accept it.
Illegal poster, graffiti turn ubiquitous in Dhaka
Illegal banners, posters, festoons and graffiti are visible in every corner of the capital, which is aggravating the bad look the city has already got because of its unplanned growth and indifference of the authorities concerned to its beautification.
Trump administration talks tougher on Iran but sticks with deal -- for now
The Trump administration ratcheted up the rhetoric on Iran Wednesday, declaring the international deal to restrain Tehran's nuclear program had failed and that Iran continues to be "the world's leading sponsor of terrorism."
3 politicians to stand trial over Indian mosque demolition
Three senior figures within India's ruling party will be prosecuted for alleged criminal conspiracy over the 1992 demolition of a mosque in northern India, the country's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
Turkey's electoral board rejects calls to annul referendum
Turkey's top electoral board overwhelmingly rejected objections to the way the country's referendum was run, semi-official Anadolu news agency reported Wednesday.
