Dhaka, Mar 20 – Police in a drive arrested six suspected militants along with two Rohingyas from a guesthouse in the district town of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday.
Category: Conflicts
Japan, Russia talk on security, territorial dispute
Tokyo, Mar 20 (AP/UNB)- The foreign and defense ministers from Japan and Russia met in Tokyo on Monday, with both sides expressing hope that discussions on joint development of islands claimed by both countries might help them move closer to…
Two cops injured in Savar attack
Savar, Mar 20 – Three people, including two policemen, were injured in an attack by terrorists during a drive at Majidpur in Savar Model thana on Sunday evening.
BNP seeks national unity to eliminate militancy
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday urged the government to create a congenial atmosphere for forging a national unity to eliminate militancy. “Though our leader Khaleda Zia has called for a national unity to curb militancy, Prime…
SC upholds death for Mufti Hannan, 2 others
Dhaka – The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Sunday upheld the death sentence of Mufti Hannan and two others in a case filed over a grenade attack on former British High Commissioner Anwar Chowdhury in Sylhet.
Militancy govt’s political capital: BNP
BNP on Saturday alleged that the government is not forging a national unity to eliminate militancy as it is trying to perpetuate its power by using the issue as its political capital. “Being isolated from people, the government is indulging…
PM reiterates tough stance against militancy
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the stern stance of the government against militancy and terrorism will continue. “There’ll be no place of militancy and terrorism on Bangladesh soil… the stern stance that we’ve taken against it will continue,”…
Case filed over Ashkona blast
A case has been filed with Airport Police Station in connection with Friday’s suicide bomb explosion at a barrack of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Ashkona in the city that killed the attacker. Rasheduzzaman, sub-inspector of the police station, filed…
Anti-militant drive on at Ctg Lalkhan Bazar madrasah
A team of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) launched an anti-militant drive at a madrasah in Lalkhan Bazar of the port city on Saturday afternoon. Additional deputy commissioner of the CMP (north) Mohammad Waresh said a CMP team started the drive…
Khilgaon ‘attacker’s’ body bears 6 injury marks: Doctors
Doctors found six marks of ‘bullet wounds’ in the body of the unidentified miscreant who was shot dead during his attempt to intrude into a Rab checkpost in the city’s Khilgaon area early Saturday. Talking to reporters on completion of…
Man ‘trying to attack Rab checkpost’ in Dhaka gunned down
Dhaka, Mar 18 – An unidentified ‘miscreant’ was killed and two members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) were injured in an attack on a Rab checkpost in the city’s Khilgaon area early Saturday.
‘Suicide bomber’ killed in Dhaka’s Rab barrack blast
A suspected suicide bomber was killed as four bombs carried by him exploded at a Forces Barrack of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Ashkona in the city on Friday noon. Mufti Mahmud Khan, director of legal and media wing of…
‘Suicide bomber’ killed in Dhaka’s Rab barrack blast
Dhaka, Mar 17 – A suspected suicide bomber was killed as a bomb carried by him exploded at the proposed Rab headquarters’ site at Ashkona in the city on Friday noon.
Russia denies Yahoo hack involvement
The Kremlin has denied allegations by US authorities that the FSB intelligence agency was involved in a huge data breach affecting Yahoo.
What every country can do to make schools safe
Schools should be safe places for children — even during wartime. Emina Ćerimović On an autumn afternoon in 1993, following heavy artillery fire, my older sister Edina gave me a backpack and rushed me through deserted streets to a local…
Annan commission for access to Rakhine’s affected areas
BD, Myanmar should activate joint commission, strengthen ties, it suggests Dhaka, Mar 16 – The Myanmar government and the Rakhine State government should allow full and unimpeded humanitarian access to all areas affected by recent violence, suggests Annan commission on…
Police raid ‘militant den’: Three suspects killed
Dhaka, Mar 16 – Three suspected militants, including a female, were shot dead by police during an overnight raid on a militant hideout in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong, officials said on Thursday.
Police foil left parties’ bid to lay siege to ministry
Police on Wednesday foiled the march of three leftist parties- Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Ganatantrik Bam Morcha and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD)- towards the secretariat protesting the recent gas price hike and demanding scrapping of the government decision. Police…
‘Militant dens’ busted in Ctg; couple held
Dhaka – Police unearthed two ‘militant dens’ in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong on Wednesday. Acting on the confessional statements of two suspected militants — Hasan, 30, and Jasim, 32, arrested from Chandina upazila in Comilla while hurling bombs at police —…
Russia appears to deploy forces in Egypt, eyes on Libya role
Russia appears to have deployed special forces to an airbase in western Egypt near the border with Libya in recent days, U.S., Egyptian and diplomatic sources say, a move that would add to U.S. concerns about Moscow’s deepening role in…
Why not steps for hawker rehabilitation: HC
Dhaka Mar 14 – The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why it should not be directed to take necessary steps for the rehabilitation of hawkers.
Four suspected criminals killed in Meherpur ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Mar 14 – Four suspected criminals were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Nurpur intersection in Sadar upazila of Meherpur early Tuesday.
‘UN rights panel divided on best Myanmar probe path’
Geneva, Mar 14 (AP/UNB) — A U.N. expert on Myanmar says she’s “disappointed” at the lack of “appetite” at the Human Rights Council to back her call for the creation of Commission of Inquiry into alleged crimes against the Rohingya…
Burma victims deserve justice
Burma’s ethnic Rohingya Muslims are fleeing for their lives. Thousands of their homes were burned and many were killed and raped by Burmese soldiers. Burma’s military and civilian officials dismissed reports of these horrors as “fabricated news and rumors” and…
Malaysia and the question of North Korea
By Chandra Muzaffar The Malaysian government has done the right thing in keeping the channels of ommunication with the North Korean Government open. It wants an amicable resolution of the friction arising from the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, the elder…
IS fighters left in Mosul will die, says US envoy McGurk
Any so-called Islamic State (IS) fighters left in Mosul will die in the Iraqi city, a US envoy co-ordinating the offensive has said. Brett McGurk, the senior US official in the counter-IS coalition, issued the warning after Iraqi forces cut…
Two ‘outlaws’ killed in Satkhira ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Mar 12 – The head of a faction of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (ML) and his associate were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Rahimabad Ambagan in Tala upazila of Satkhira early Sunday.
Jubadal protests suing Khaleda in Comilla arson case
Dhaka, Mar 11 – Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, BNP’s youth wing, on Saturday staged a demonstration in the city protesting the submission of a chargesheet against party chairperson Khaleda Zia, besides 77 others in an arson attack case in Comilla.
Hezbollah, Israel brace for all-out conflict
By Nicholas Blanford / The Arab Weekly Both parties know that the scale of a new war will dwarf the 2006 conflict, a reality that has helped ensure a mutual deterrence. The renewed focus on Iran by the Trump administration…
Cluster bombs being used by Saudi coalition forces in Yemen
Brazilian-made cluster munitions used on residential areas of Sa’da city One Yemeni mother describes a bomb ‘coming into the bedroom through the ceiling’ Incident comes after UK cluster munition use in Yemen discovered by Amnesty Amnesty International has corroborated new…