DHAKA: A massive late night fire that broke out at a Mumbai complex has killed at least 15 people, reports BBC. The blaze erupted just after midnight at a building in the popular Kamala Mills restaurant and shopping compound. It engulfed the structure within 30 minutes, local media

DHAKA: At least 12 people have been killed in a fire at an apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York, reports BBC. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the dead included a one-year-old child and that four other people had been critically injured. The fire is now under

At least 40 people were killed and dozens more were in injured in suicidal blasts on an office of the Afghan Voice news agency and Shiite cultural centre in Kabul of Afghanistan on Thursday (December 28), report NDTV and other international media. It is the latest deadly violence to

DHAKA: At least 40 people have been killed and 30 wounded in a suicide attack at a Shia cultural and religious organization in a western area of Kabul city of Afghanistan, reports BBC. Afghan interior ministry said that the suicide blast was followed by another two explosions in the

DHAKA: Former US President Barack Obama has warned against the irresponsible use of social media, in a rare interview on BBC Radio 4. He warned that such actions were distorting people's understanding of complex issues, and spreading misinformation. His successor Donald Trump is

DHAKA: Indian fire across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region killed three Pakistani soldiers, reports ABC News quoting Pakistani officials Tuesday (December 26). In a statement, the military said the "unprovoked cease-fire violation" along the Line of Control took place

DHAKA: Pope Francis has used his traditional Christmas Day message to call for "peace for Jerusalem" and dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. Acknowledging "growing tensions" between them, he urged a "negotiated solution... that would allow the peaceful co-existence of two

At least 20 people were killed and 15 others were injured in a road collision that happened on Christmas Day in Agoo, La Union of Philippines on Monday (December 25). Among the casualties, at least three are minors, including a 5-month-old child, report media of Philippines and other

At least 20 people were killed and 15 others were injured in a road collision that happened on Christmas Day in Agoo, La Union of Philippines on Monday (December 25). Among the casualties, at least three are minors, including a 5-month-old child, report media of Philippines and other

DHAKA: The Turkish government has sacked almost 4,000 more public officials in what appears to be the latest purge related to a failed coup last July, reports BBC. They include more than 1,000 justice ministry workers, a similar number of army staff and more than 100 air force pilots,

DHAKA: North Korea has described the latest UN sanctions imposed on the country as an ‘act of war’. A foreign ministry statement said the measures were tantamount to a total economic blockade, reports BBC quoting KCNA news agency. It added that strengthening North Korea's

DHAKA: At least 37 people are feared to have died in a fire that ravaged a shopping mall in the southern Philippine city of Davao, reports BBC quoting local officials. Firefighters battled for hours to extinguish the blaze that started on Saturday morning (December 23) on the third

An officer of Indian Army and three other soldiers were killed in cross-border after Pakistani troops opened fire on an Indian Army patrol in Keri sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Saturday (December 23). According to report of The Economics Times, the firing took

DHAKA: At least 90 people are reported to have been killed and dozens more missing as a tropical storm swept through the southern Philippines, reports BBC. Storm Tembin brought flash flooding and mudslides to parts of Mindanao island. Two towns badly hit were Tubod and Piagapo,

DHAKA: At least 27 people died and more than a dozen injured after a bus fell into a river in Sawai Madhopur area of India’s Rajasthan Saturday (December 23), reports PTI.  All the injured people were rescued and admitted to the hospitals for treatment. The driver reportedly lost

DHAKA: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has voted unanimously to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea in response to its recent ballistic missile tests, reports BBC. The US-drafted resolution includes measures to reduce the nation's petrol imports by up to 90%.

DHAKA: The Trump administration on Thursday (December 21) blacklisted the army general of Myanmar who it said oversaw human rights abuses committed by security forces against Rohingya, reports LA Times. Imposing economic sanctions against the general, Maung Maung Soe, was the toughest

DHAKA: Pro-independence parties in Catalonia won an absolute majority in regional elections on Thursday (December 21) in a blow to Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy, reports Financial Times. the, that threatens to escalate the already acute tensions between Barcelona and Madrid.

Muhammad Akbar was born in Surabaya, East Java of Indonesia, on November 22. However, unlike other babies born that day, Akbar was born in an Uber car. Jessicha Valentina writes an report in this regard in The Jakarta Post which was published on Wednesday (December 20). According to

Uber is officially a transport company and not a digital service, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. BBC reports that the ride-hailing firm argued it was an information society service - helping people to make contact with each other electronically - and not a cab firm.