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Jakarta ranks world's largest city, Bangkok 14th
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/01/2026
» Jakarta ranked as the world's largest city with 41.9 million inhabitants followed by Dhaka, while Tokyo slipped to third, a recent United Nations (UN) report shows.
At least 16 killed as Bangladesh fighter jet crashes into school
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/07/2025
» At least 16 people, mostly students, were killed Monday when a training aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed into a school campus in the capital Dhaka, in the country's deadliest aviation accident in decades.
Friday: 7 new Covid-19 cases
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/09/2020
» The government reported seven new cases of coronavirus disease on Friday, quarantined arrivals from four countries and including one person who has had it before.
Bangladesh skyscraper fire kills 25
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/03/2019
» DHAKA: The death toll from a horrific blaze that ripped through a Bangladesh skyscraper this week rose to 25, including some who jumped to their deaths.
Chiang Mai air pollution worst in the world
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/03/2019
» Forest fires have sent air quality in nine provinces to a level considered harmful to people's health, as cities in the North registered air quality that was among the world's worst.
Fire in Dhaka kills dozens
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/02/2019
» DHAKA: At least 80 people were killed when a fire tore through crumbling apartment blocks Thursday in a historic part of Dhaka, Bangladesh, setting off a chain of explosions and a wall of flames down nearby streets, officials said.
Nepal crash followed confusion over plane's path
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/03/2018
» KATHMANDU: A plane crash at Nepal's main airport killed 49 of the 71 people on board, police said Tuesday, as an investigation was ordered into the cause of an accident that occurred after apparent confusion over landing instructions.
Passenger tied up after stripping naked on Malaysia flight
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 05/03/2018
» A Bangladeshi passenger who reportedly stripped naked and attacked a stewardess during a flight from Malaysia has been arrested, the airline said Monday.