Both sides in the British referendum debate Thursday suspended campaigning after Labour lawmaker Jo Cox was shot and critically injured in her northern England constituency.West Yorkshire police said a 52-year-old man was arrested after the attack in Birstall, near Leeds.…
Amid growing attacks on innocent people on both sides, Bangladesh and the United States will have a very broad discussion in the upcoming Partnership Dialogue to be held in Washington with security cooperation having on top of the agenda.“As security…
Bangladesh Railway will start selling of advance train tickets on June 22 for homebound people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.Railways Minister M Mazibul Hoque announced the decision at a press briefing after a meeting at Railway Bhaban on Wednesday.Tickets for…
Bangladesh Armed Forces on Wednesday hosted an iftar party in honour of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Senamalancha of Dhaka Cantonment.The Prime Minister went round different tables set for the members of the armed forces and other dignitaries, exchanged greetings…
The High court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of six convicts and commuted that of seven to life term jail in the Awami League leader Ahsanullah Master killing case.An HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice Krishna Debnath…
A dispute between homeless people living together in an abandoned office building led one of them to set a fire that killed five others, authorities alleged Tuesday.Just one man was declared dead during the fire on Monday night, but two…
Health Minister Mohammed Nasim on Tuesday warned the police administration that they must arrest the killers of slain Hindu priest Anando Gopal Ganguly or quit the job.“If you want to continue with the service here, (you) must arrest the killers.…
Vigils have been held in Orlando, Florida, and around the world for the victims of Sunday’s deadly gun attack on a gay nightclub.A Muslim cleric told those attending the Orlando event that Muslims stood united with them against “the ideology…
Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Monday blamed Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasod) for creating the grounds for the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the economical backwardness of Bangladesh. He made the allegation while addressing the closing…
Bangladesh Swechchasebok League, the Awami League’s voluntary wing, has expelled two local leaders for their alleged involvement in the gang-rape of a woman and her college-going daughter in Bauphal upazila.The expelled leaders are Nur Alam Malik, 35, vice-president of ward…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Sunday said police are not yet sure whether there was any militant link to the gruesome murder of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, wife of Police Super Babul Akhter.The police chief made the…
Thirteen people were killed in incidents of lightning strike, house collapse and boat capsize during storms in Khulna, Pirojpur, Bagerhat, Jessore and Satkhira districts on Sunday.In Khulna, seven people were killed in Koyra and Bhatiaghata upazilas as a storm swept…
Anti-government activists say airstrikes have hit a market and other targets in the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib, killing at least 12 people.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of activists on the ground, says…
A number of British people are in hospital in France, the UK’s ambassador has said following a series of clashes between football fans in Marseille.Violence has broken out between England fans, rival supporters and police for three days in the…
Seventy four days after the body of slain Sohagi Jahan Tonu was exhumed for a fresh autopsy examination, Comilla Medical College Hospital is likely to handover the autopsy report to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Sunday.The autopsy report was…
Six people were killed and Nine others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Bagerhat, Madaripur, Barisal and Chittagong on Saturday.In Bagerhat, two people were killed and two others injured in separate lightning strikes in Mollahat and Morelganj upazila…
Renewing her allegation that the BNP-Jamaat clique is behind the recent killings in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government will do whatever is needed to stop the killings and it is just a matter of time.”We’ll…
A court in the Indian capital Delhi has sentenced five men to life imprisonment for the 2014 gang rape of a Danish woman in the city.The 52-year-old tourist was robbed and raped at knife point in January 2014.Nine people, including…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday alleged that the ruling Awami League and its cohorts are committing target killings across the country in a bid to perpetuate its power.“It’s regrettable that a police officer’s wife has been killed and the…
Khaleda Zia has no need to register a mobile phone SIM card with her biometric details because she does not use one, the BNP’ has clarified.“There is no question of the party chairperson registering her SIM because she does not…
Pointing the finger at the BNP-Jamaat clique for all the recent planned secret killings in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the intelligence and law enforcement agencies are out there to track down the culprits.”The government is…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh joined the Saudi Arabia-led alliance against terrorism and violent extremism to express its stance against terrorism and extremism.”Whatever initiative Saudi Arabia has taken in the whole Muslim world against terrorism and militancy,…
Hillary Clinton has thanked her supporters for helping her reach a historic moment for women – the US Democratic nomination for president.”Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone,” she told cheering crowds at a rally in New York.She hailed “the…
In another instance of the escalating trend of target killings, A Hindu priest was hacked to death by miscreants in Koratipara village of Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.
An explosion in central Istanbul has left several people injured, Turkish media report.The blast, caused by a bomb, targeted a police bus in the district of Vezneciler, the reports say.Several ambulances have been sent to the area.Violence has escalated in…
The death warrant for condemned convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971 reached the Dhaka Central Jail on Monday.The Jail Super received a copy of the death warrant in the…
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday hinted at the involvement of Israeli secret service agency Mossad with the recent killings in Bangladesh.He thinks that the serial killings in Bangladesh are part of an international conspiracy, reports the BBC Bangla.“A foreign…
Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs.They have injected human stem cells into pig embryos to produce human-pig embryos known as chimeras.The embryos are part of research aimed at overcoming the worldwide shortage of…
Cuban President Raul Castro says the country will not return to the Organization of American States (OAS) in a show of solidarity with Venezuela.OAS Secretary General Luis Almargo has called for sanctions against Venezuela.At a summit of Caribbean countries in…
US House Speaker Paul Ryan says he will vote for the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in this year’s election, despite their differences.Mr Ryan wrote in a column “we have more common ground than disagreement”.It is the latest sign Republicans…