Bombs, gunfire kill 81 at mosque in Nigeria
Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the main mosque in north Nigeria's biggest city Kano on Friday, killing at least 81 people, witnesses and officials said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants.
Blasts from the coordinated assault rang out as scores of people packed into the ancient building's courtyard for afternoon prayers. "These people have bombed the mosque. I am face to face with people screaming," said local reporter Chijjani Usman.
Egypt's court to rule in murder retrial of ex-leader Mubarak
An Egyptian court is expected to deliver its verdict in the retrial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak on charges of conspiring in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising.
Last year, an appeals court overturned an initial life sentence given to Mubarak in 2012 on technical grounds.
Venezuela looks to cut spending as oil prices fall
President Nicolas Maduro is ordering a cut in government spending asVenezuela grapples with a plunge in world oil prices that threatens to bring more hardship for the petroleum-dependent economy.
Speaking on television Friday, Maduro said that under no circumstances will social programs be affected by the belt tightening.
Venezuela jail drug overdose kills 35 inmates
Thirty five prisoners in north-west Venezuela have died after overdosing on the contents of a jail infirmary they stormed, a congressman says.
More than 100 others were being treated, 20 of whom were very ill, said lawmaker William Ojeda from the governing Socialist Party.
Barkatullah Bulu hurt in road accident
BNP Joint Secretary General Barkatullah Bulu and his wife have received injuries when a speedy-driven truck knocked his private car on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway near Daudkandi upazila of Comilla.
Abul Hasem, the upazila unit BNP general secretary, said A speedy-driven truck knocked his private car near Gouripur of Daudkandi around 10pm on Friday, leaving Bulu and his wife injured.
Khaleda leaves for Comilla
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has left Dhaka for Comilla, where she scheduled to address a public rally.
The motorcade of the BNP chief left her Gulshan residence around 10:35am on Saturday.
Missing youth found dead
The police have recovered the body of a missing youth from a pond in the city's Sordaganj area on Saturday morning.
The deceased, Ripon Kazi, went missing on Thursday.
PM reaches Habiganj
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached to Habiganj for inaugurating some big projects, including a power plant.
She has inagurated nine projects including the Bibiyana Gas Expansion Project, Bibiyana-Dhonua 36 inch high-pressured gas transmission line around 12:10pm.
BNP factional clash injures 20
Twenty people have been injured in a clash between two factions of BNP at Noyagaon village under Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria.
Locals said two factions of BNP locked into the clash over the selection of Noyagaon union BNP President Aiyub Ali as the chief guest of a mourning programme on Friday evening, leaving 20 people injured on both sides.
Santu Larma warns off non-cooperation movement
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS faction) has threatened to wage a non-cooperation movement from May 1, 2015, if the government fails to “take concrete steps to ensure the full implementation of the CHT Peace Accord 1997 within April 30, 2015.”
Santu Larma, the leader of the PCJSS, came up with the forewarning while addressing a press conference at a capital hotel on Saturday.
'Quran should be read at Coronation'
The former Bishop of Oxford, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, has said readings from the Quran, central religious text of Islam, should feature in the next Coronation, when Prince Charles succeeds to the Throne.
In a debate on the role of religion in British public life, Lord Harries, now an independent peer, praised what he called "the hospitality" shown in a service last year at Bristol Cathedral.
Australia-India test postponed after death of Hughes
The first test between Australia and India, scheduled to start in Brisbane on Thursday, has been postponed until an unspecified date after the death of batsman Phillip Hughes, Cricket Australia said on Saturday.
The funeral of Hughes, who died at the age of 25 on Thursday after being struck on the head by a ball while playing a domestic match at the Sydney Cricket Ground two days earlier, will take place in his hometown of Macksville on Wednesday.
