Qatar's response to demands 'negative,' Egyptian FM says
Doha, Qatar (CNN)Four Arab states said Wednesday they'll continue their diplomatic and economic boycott of Qatar after the Gulf nation responded negatively to their list of demands a month after a regional crisis began.
Haley: North Korea launch a 'clear and sharp military escalation'
(CNN)US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Wednesday called North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch test a "clear and sharp military escalation" and said US military action remained on the table.
US, South Korea drill as Tillerson calls for 'global action' on North Korea
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson strongly condemned North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch, calling it "a new escalation of the threat to the United States, our allies and partners, the region, and the world" in a statement Tuesday.
China detains dozens over funding of elevated bus project
To many people, China's futuristic road-straddling bus seemed too good to be true. Now, authorities say it may have been little more than a scam.
The world looks past Donald Trump
Foreign policy, increasingly, is what is happening around the world while the United States is making other plans.
Qatar flaunts gas strength with plans to boost output
Under pressure from its neighbors, Qatar is planning to produce much more gas -- the mainstay of its economy.
Farhad Mazhar released in own custody, hospitalised
Poet, writer and researcher Farhad Mazhar, who was allegedly abducted from Dhaka Monday morning and found on a bus in Jessore Monday night, was admitted to BIRDEM hospital after a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court released him in his own custody on Tuesday.
FACTORY BOILER EXPLOSIONS Lack of inspection, owners’ negligence blamed
Labour rights groups on Tuesday blamed absence of proper inspection by the government agency concerned and factory owners’ negligence for the frequent boiler explosions, which claimed so many lives across the country.
APPAREL FACTORY BOILER BLAST Death toll rises to 13
The death toll from Monday’s boiler blast at a Gazipur apparel factory rose to 13 as the firefighters recovered four more bodies from the debris of the factory building until Tuesday evening.
Accidents, disasters due to total failure of govt: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday remarked that the occurrences of accidents and disasters had risen alarmingly during the incumbent government’s tenure due to its ‘total failure’ to intervene effectively by examining the causes of such incidents.
