Terming blockade is ‘unconstitutional,’ Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque has said they will stop acts of sabotage and terror with the help of people. Making similar assertion, RAB Director General Benazir Ahmed has said like in 2013, this…
Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead the race for this year’s Oscars with nine nominations each.
Belgium is on high alert after a major anti-terror raid in which two suspected Islamist militants were killed.
A tracking study has revealed the secrets of the world’s highest bird migration – the Himalayan flight of the bar-headed goose.
Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has announced his retirement from cricket.
The United Nations human rights office has expressed concern over the rising levels of political violence rippling across Bangladesh amid fears of a return to a state of destructive brinkmanship seen in the run up to the country’s 2014 elections.…
The Rajshani unit of the BNP-led alliance on Friday called a 36-hour hartal in eight districts of Rajshahi division from Sunday protesting the ‘killing of a Jatiayatabadi Chhatra Dal leader by Rab men’ in Chapainawabganj. The decision to enforce the…
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Friday urged the government to take steps for holding a dialogue to overcome the current political deadlock before the foreigners force it to do so. “The current political crisis…
The Ameer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh Mufti Syed Rezaul Karim and Pir Shaheb of Charmonai in a statement to the press on Friday strongly condemned the ‘threat given seperatetely by the DG of BGB and the IG of Police to…
BNP wants an effective dialogue side by side continuing its countrywide blockade to break the present political impasse over holding an inclusive election under anon-partisan government. “We again call upon the government to take initiative for an effective dialogue to…
Police in a drive arrested 75 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from different parts of the district early Friday. Mofazzal Hossain, superintendent of police, Gaibandha, said police during the overnight drive arrested the 75 leaders and activists of…
At least 30 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) over a trifling matter on the Dhaka University campus early Friday. Sources said a brawl ensued between activists of the two groups…
A young man, who was arrested on charge of carrying out subversive activities during the ongoing blockade, was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion(Rab) members at Kansat in Shibganj upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Matiur…
By Manipadma Jena Sunderbans, India, Jan (IPS) – When the gentle clucking grows louder, 50-year-old Sukomal Mandal calls out to his wife, who is busy grinding ingredients for a fish curry. She gets up to thrust leafy green stalks through…
Izza Leghtas Last Sunday people filled the streets of Paris and other French cities and towns in an overwhelming expression of solidarity with the victims of the brutal attacks last week that left 17 people dead. People of all ages…
Jean-Marie Fardeau France is still in shock. On January 10 and 11, millions of people around the world rallied to express their outrage after the murder of 17 innocent people – some because they worked at the satirical weekly Charlie…
Diplomats of European nations, Australia and Canada have put emphasis on holding a dialogue among major political parties to resolve the current political impasse by shunning the path of violence. The diplomats of eight countries made their observations while they…