Advances in forensics are giving us an unprecedented ability to solve cases—and exposing mistakes in some investigations. A roadside memorial marks where Sierra Bouzigard’s body was found seven years ago in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. There were no witnesses to the…
A plucky female tortoise is winning the hearts of the Indian public as it races around its zoo enclosure on an improvised set of wheels. The animal lost its front right leg in a mongoose attack, and zookeepers added the…
Civil war has scattered Syria’s bakers, pastry chefs, and restaurateurs. For the foodies—and children—in their new communities, it’s a tasty turn of events. Picture of syrian pastries that look like birds’ nests filled with nuts Syrian sweets made with nuts…
Sicily was hit by weather-related and other disasters which caused heavy damage but no loss of life, local reports said Thursday. Strong sirocco winds were partly blamed for a hydrofoil crashing into the dockside of the port of Stromboli, a…
Mumbai – Maharashtra’s Thane police named former Bollywood actress Mamta Kulkarni as one of the accused in India’s biggest drug racket which was busted two months ago. Ten people have been arrested over the incident. The former star is expected…
Dhaka – Police in separate drives from Friday night to Saturday morning arrested 37 people, including a suspected member of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), from eight upazilas of Satkhira on various charges, including sabotage, Unb news agency…
Dhaka – Golam Faizullah alias Fahim, who was on a 10-day remand in connection with the attempt on the life of college teacher Ripon Chakrawarty, was killed in a reported gunfight between his associates and police at Miarchar in Sadar…
Dhaka – The phenomenon of fundamentalism is fueling growing intolerance worldwide, which poses a grave threat to the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Unb news agency reported. United Nations expert Maina Kiai said this at the…
US-based SAFEST fund in solidarity with Orlando club shooting victims The South Asian Fund For Education, Scholarship & Training (SAFEST) stands in solidarity WITH L/G/B/T/Q PEOPLE night club shooting in Orlando, Florida on June 12, 2016. To all those lost…
By David Swanson Mikhail Gorbachev and Barack Obama have radically different views on what is involved in doing away with nuclear weapons. Reading Gorbachev’s new book, The New Russia, is a bit disappointing, but it contains some key insights. It…
The US-based South Asian Fund For Education, Scholarship & Training (SAFEST) stands in solidarity WITH L/G/B/T/Q PEOPLE night club shooting in Orlando, Florida on June 12, 2016. To all those lost their loved ones, our prayers are with you, says…
US Vice President Joe Biden in a message sent to people on Friday lent support to the campaign to ban assault weappons and high capacity magazines from cvilian ownership. He said, “Over the past few years, we’ve watched as new…
Dhaka-Despite increasing attacks on hindu minorities in the country the incumbent government is not playing any significant role to ensure their security, alleged Jatiya Hindu Mohajote.
An Indian court on Friday sentenced 11people to life in prison for murder in one of the many deadly religious riots that swept across the western state of Gujarat in 2002 and left more than 1,000 dead. Special Court Judge…
Terming unlawful the arrest of thousands of people in the week-long combing operation, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that it has been carried out with a political motive. “Thousands of devoted Muslims along with opposition…
BNP on Friday alleged that the government is trying to brand opposition leaders and activists as militants by arresting them in the name of crackdown on militants. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the allegation…
The government has put eight power sector projects on ‘fast track’ giving an allocation of Tk 11,416.74 crore in the 2016-17 fiscal year. The government’s budget document titled ‘Kathamo Rupantare Brihat Prokalpo: Probriddhi Sanchare Natun Matra’ (Large Projects in Transformation…
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday alleged that international plotters are patronising militancy and recent target killings in Bangladesh as it lacks democracy. Speaking at a discussion, he also alleged that the government is not sincere in curbing militancy.…
BNP’s Dhaka city unit will now stage demonstrations in the capital on Monday instead of Saturday to protest the ‘wholesale arrest’ of common people and opposition leaders and activists in the name of a combing operation to tackle militants.A day…
Campaigning in Britain’s European Union membership referendum was at a halt and normal political life was suspended Friday as the country absorbed the daylight slaying of lawmaker Jo Cox with shock — and worry that the political fury unleashed by…
A police official says Boko Haram extremists have killed 18 people at a funeral in northeast Nigeria.Police spokesman Othman Abubakar said Friday the number of dead could rise.Witnesses said the assailants shot at mourners after arriving on motorbikes in the…
Dhaka – The first-ever 12-day Eid visa camp, arranged by the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, ended on Thursday sending a message to visa seekers that visa issue will no more remain a problem. Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock at the killing of British Labour Party MP Jo Cox. “I am deeply shocked and saddened at the tragic killing of Mrs. Jo Cox, the young and promising Labour…
Antonio Ginatta As the casualty numbers in Orlando come in (now at 49 victims confirmed dead and 54 wounded) people are struggling to make sense of the senseless, to find in the killer’s actions and words some clue to the…
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) – Several developing countries – Brazil, India, South Africa, China and Indonesia – took the European Union (EU) to task over its new Directive aimed at harmonising the provisions of trademark laws in the EU member states.…
Kuwait: In a recent session, the parliament approved amending the law to establish a closed shareholding company to recruit domestic helpers and referred it to the government. The first article of the law stipulates establishing a closed shareholding company that…
By Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi Today, we inaugurate, by God’s Grace, the tenth national party congress of Nahdha Party, the second national congress after the revolution. Even during the most difficult periods of secret activity and police harassment under dictatorship, our…
Dhaka-Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Rangpur Zone arranged a scholarship distribution programme for the underprivileged students at a local auditorium on Thursday.
Dhaka-Greece’s coast guard rescued 57 migrants or refugees from a sailboat which ran aground off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos Thursday, and arrested two suspected smugglers who had also been on board, authorities said.
Dhaka-The Rajshahi University (RU) authority has formed a probe committee over the life threat to the former Director General (DG) of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) and also an associate professor of Mass Communication & Journalism (MCJ) department Prof. Dulal…