Anti-immigrant protests erupt in South Africa's capital
On a street corner in Pretoria, South Africans gather just meters from the immigrants they're marching against.
Yes we can... elect Obama president of France?
Could France elect Barack Obama president? Not really -- but that's not stopping the organizers of Obama17, a guerrilla campaign trying to entice the former U.S. president to head to Paris.
Ganges Barrage construction Dhaka expects breakthrough
The government is expecting a breakthrough in the construction of Ganges Barrage in the Bangladesh side of the cross-border Padma River during prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming visit to New Delhi scheduled for April.
JL man killed in ‘gunfight’
A Juba League activist was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between police and ‘miscreants’ in Khulna early Friday, about 12 hours after his family claimed that police picked him up from a court premises. The deceased is Ziaur Rahman, 45, of village Gutudia under Dumuria in Khulna.
All int’l brands to join today’s apparel summit
All international brands agreed to participate in today’s Dhaka Apparel Summit-2017, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said on Friday.
BNP for declaring Feb 25 as nat’l mourning day
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday demanded that either February 25 or February 26 be declared as national mourning day when 57 army officers were killed in a mutiny at the Pilkhana headquarters of the erstwhile BDR in the capital in 2009.
Khadiza comes home, seeks capital punishment of attacker
Sylhet Government Women’s College student Khadiza Akter Nargis, returned home from Dhaka on Friday, after 5 months after she was wounded critically in an attack by a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader, Badrul Alam.
Kim Jong Nam: More N. Koreans being sought; break-in attempt at morgue
Malaysian authorities want to speak with a North Korean embassy official and airline employee as part of their investigation into the murder of Kim Jong Nam.
Russia calls Montenegro coup allegations damaging to relations
Russia hit back Wednesday over allegations it was involved in a failed coup in Montenegro and an attempt to assassinate the country's former Prime Minister, describing the claims as damaging to relations between the two nations.
Chinese moves in South China Sea unsettling to Southeast Asian countries
China responded Wednesday to claims it's been building in the contested waters of the South China Sea, reiterating it has "indisputable sovereign rights over islands" in the sea and their surrounding waters.
