DHAKA -- A blaze that broke out at the cargo village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday afternoon has been fully brought under control, and flight operations resumed later in the evening, according to the Bangladeshi Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.
The fire, which erupted at around 2:15 p.m. local time, was contained following a prompt and coordinated effort by the fire service and airport authority, while no casualties were reported in the accident, said the ministry in a late Saturday press release. (Bangladesh-Airport-Flights)
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MANILA -- Eight people were killed and two remain missing as tropical storm Fengshen slammed the Philippines on Sunday, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said.
OCD spokesperson Junie Castillo said five people were pinned to death by a fallen tree in the municipality of Pitogo in Quezon province, southeast of Manila, and three others were killed in the central Philippines' Western Visayas region. (Philippines-Tropical Storm)
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TOKYO -- The Japan Innovation Party on Sunday agreed to grant its party leaders full authority to decide on entering a coalition government with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), local media reported.
The party will hold an emergency executive session on Monday to formally finalize its stance, Kyodo News reported. (Japan-LDP-PM)
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KABUL -- The Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation signed six memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with leading domestic and international aid agencies, the ministry said in a statement Sunday.
Allocating over 1.48 million U.S. dollars to assist returning refugees and internally displaced families across multiple provinces, the deals will benefit more than 6,947 families and 88,237 individuals, according to the statement. (Afghanistan-Refugees) ■
