RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry says police have arrested two foreign residents suspected of having contacts with al-Qaida’s offshoot in Yemen over imminent suicide attacks in the region.
Year: 2013
Gunmen kill 6 in attack on politician in Pakistan
QUETTA — Gunmen shot to death six people and wounded 15 in an attack on a former provincial minister outside a mosque in southwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.
Philippines says 23 rebels killed in a month
MANILA — The Philippine military says it killed three communist rebels in a clash in a province north of the capital, bringing the number of guerrillas who have died in combat in the past month to 23.
Spain to review train speeds after deadly crash
MADRID — Spain will review speed limits and security systems throughout its rail network to avoid a repeat of a train crash that killed 79 people last month, a government minister said Friday.
Fakhruddin, Moeen join Eid prayers in US
Former caretaker government mandarins Fakhruddin Ahmed and General Moeen U Ahmed spent Eid-ul-Fitr with other Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States on Thursday.
Father, son drown in Munshiganj
MUNSHIGANJ: A father and his son were drowned in Ichhamati River at Sirajdikhan upazila in the district on Friday morning.
Scuffle at Eid congregation
The Eid-ul-Fitr prayers did not start well in Gazipur as two groups of devotees fought over who would lead the congregation, police say.
Celebration turns into mourning
Seven-year-old ‘Nahid’ will not return home to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with his family.
2 killed in Comilla road crash
Comilla – Two people were killed and eight others injured as a microbus they were travelling in overturned at Minsar in Burichang upazila on Friday noon.
3 of a family drown in Pabna
Dhaka – Three children of a family drowned in a water body at Khalilpur village in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district on Friday morning.
Man chopped to death in C’ nawabganj
Chapainawabganj – A man was chopped to death by unknown miscreants in Barogharia area of Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on Saturday night.
Test popularity in polls under non-party govt: Khaleda Zia
Dhaka – BNP chairperson and opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Friday asked the government to call the national election under a non-party and neutral caretaker government immediately to test its popularity instead of expending ‘public money’ in the electoral campaign.
PM seeks reelection, urges all to cast votes judiciously
Dhaka – Seeking people’s support for her party’s reelection, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged all to judiciously cast their votes in favour of honest, patriot and pro-development candidates in the next general election.
Hijacking Billboards won’t do any good: Ershad
The Jatiya Party Chairman has accused the ruling Awami League of ‘hijacking’ Dhaka’s billboards to highlight the government’s various achievements with the next Parliament election just around the corner.
Nafis begs for leniency, gets 30 years
A federal judge Friday sentenced Quazi Mohammad Nafis, 22, to 30 years in prison for plotting to blow up the New York Federal Reserve building after hearing the Bangladeshi man beg for leniency, saying he had been friendless and led…
Chernobyl’s legacy recorded in trees
By Mark Kinver
No tiger in Chittagong Zoo
Chittagong Zoo does not even have a Royal Bengal Tiger, Bangladesh’s national animal, for about a year now.
Bird flu strain in China ‘passed between humans’
Researchers have reported the first case of human-to-human transmission of the new strain of bird flu that has emerged in China.
Sholakia hosts country’s biggest Eid congregation
Kishoregonj – The historic Sholakia Eidgah of the district hosted the country’s biggest congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday.
Eid celebrations on across country
Dhaka – Muslims all over the country are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr joining their beloved ones in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities. Celebrations of Eid began after Eid prayers in mosques and Eidgahs (open-air congredation grounds) following a month of…
Rana Plaza: Workers decry non-payment of compensations
Dhaka – Workers and relatives of the Rana Plaza victims slammed the government and the owners for denying them the compensations though three and a half months have passed by since the complex crashed down.
‘Let BNP put up its billboards’
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif has proposed –- in a veiled challenge — that BNP start their own campaign to publicise their achievements, if any.
Engineer Mosharraf made AL presidium member
Dhaka – Awami League central working committee member Engineer Mosharraf Hossain has been made a presidium member of the party.
Goal-line technology: Premier League has one eye on the TV
By Richard Conway BBC Sport
Wright to lead Lions against Bangladesh A
Luke Wright will get the chance to press his case for a return to England’s ODI team when he leads the Lions in three 50-over matches against Bangladesh A later this month.
Australian pacer Shaun Tait takes hat-trick in English T20
London – Australian pace bowler Shaun Tait took a hat-trick to help Essex defeat Nottinghamshire by 47 runs in the Twenty20 quarter-finals on Thursday.
ICC to stick with Hot Spot for final Ashes Tests
Chester-Le-Street – Cricket’s Hot Spot system will be used in the final two Tests of the ongoing Ashes series, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday, despite controversy over its use and cheating claims.
Karen Black, Easy Rider actress dies aged 74
Hollywood star Karen Black, who featured in cult films such as Five Easy Pieces and Nashville, has died aged 74.
For Imran Khan, working with familiar people is fulfilling
Dhaka – Bollywood actor Imran Khan, busy shooting for Gori Tere Pyaar Mein, says that working with familiar people on a different project makes things easier.
Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan to raise funds for flood victims
Dhaka – Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and other Bollywood celebrities will come together for an event to raise funds for the Uttarakhand flood victims.