• Project attracts mass despite of odds
  • Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber highest paid young celebrities
  • 13 NBFIs miss BB deadline to raise paid-up capital
  • Commodity prices continue to rise
  • No respite for consumers
  • Stalking takes another life
  • BUET crisis needs urgent resolution
  • The wrong answer?
  • Obama’s scramble for Africa
  • Padma Bridge financing vs. word-of-mouth strategy
  • Nigeria struggles to assess loss of life after tanker fire
  • Southeast Asian talks fail over China dispute
  • FICA and BPL mud-slinging goes on
  • Rain a concern for Tigers
  • Gas supply thru’ pipeline starts in Rajshahi
  • City corpns’ budgets not citizen friendly, says Ripon
  • Non-govt teachers demand job nationalisation
  • Stalemate continues at BUET
  • 2 books containing interviews of 15 individuals launched
  • 1 killed, 20 hurt as train derails in Gazipur
  • Khaleda asks lieutenants to end row in BNP’s local committees
  • New gas field discovered at Srikail in Comilla
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Nigeria struggles to assess loss of life after tanker fire

People gather at the scene where a Nigerian petrol tanker tipped over and pools of spilled oil caught fire in Okogbe on Thursday. — AFP photo
Nigerian officials on Friday struggled to assess the full loss of life from a petrol tanker fire that killed at least 100, after more victims died over night. Scores of people who rushed to scoop up fuel after the petrol truck tipped over were burned to death on... Full story

Southeast Asian talks fail over China dispute

Days of heated diplomacy at Southeast Asian talks ended in failure Friday as deep splits over China prevented the ASEAN grouping from issuing its customary joint statement for the first time. Full story

DRC rebels warn army to pull out of Kivu villages

Mutinous soldiers in DR Congo’s eastern Kivu region who had handed their occupied towns back to police and UN peacekeepers gave the army an ultimatum Friday to withdraw from the settlements. Full story

Petition against ruling party dismissed in Thai court

A Thai court on Friday rejected charges that constitutional amendments proposed by the ruling party threatened the revered monarchy, but ruled a referendum was needed for a rewrite of the charter. Full story

Agni-I successfully test-fired in India

The Strategic Forces Command of the Indian Army successfully launched on Friday the Agni-I missile from the Wheeler Island, off Odisha and the missile travelled its full range of 700 km, reports The Hindu. Full story

Bomb kills six at Pakistan political meet

A bomb attack killed at least six people outside a party political meeting in Pakistan’s troubled southwestern city of Quetta on Friday, the police said. The bomb was detonated by remote control as the secular Pashtun... Full story

Japan customs say pens need weapons import licence

Japanese customs officials who impounded 200 pens more than a year ago said Friday the writing implements needed a weapons import licence because they were shaped like bullets. Full story

Hillary in plea for workers’ rights in Asia

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton Friday urged Southeast Asian nations to promote workers’ rights and improve labour conditions as a means of spurring economic growth. ‘Standing up for workers’ rights... Full story

Japan digs for missing as 20 die after heavy rain

Rescuers were racing against time Friday in the search for people buried under mudslides as heavy rains that have already claimed 20 lives continued to pound southwestern Japan. Police, firefighters and troops... Full story

Anti-govt protesters clash with police in Maldives

Police in the Maldives arrested at least 55 anti-government protesters Friday following violent clashes with security forces in the capital Male. Nine officers were injured in the violence, which police spokesman Hassan... Full story

US probes Michelle Obama death threat from local cop

The US Secret Service said Thursday it was investigating a police officer in Washington after he allegedly made a death threat against First Lady Michelle Obama. ‘We’re aware of the incident, and we’re going... Full story


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