Kuala Lumpur, Feb 20 (AP/UNB) — Malaysia’s ambassador to North Korea has been recalled from Pyongyang amid rising tensions between the countries over the death in Kuala Lumpur of an estranged scion of North Korea’s ruling family.
Category: Conflicts
PM seeks int’l support to relocate Rohingyas
Munich (Germany), Feb 18 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought support from the international community, including Germany, to temporarily relocate illegal Myanmar nationals living in Bangladesh to Thengar Char in Noakhali for providing them with all sorts of…
Pakistan launches crackdown as Isis shrine attack toll rises to 88
Officials in Pakistan say they have killed at least 39 suspected militants in a sweeping security crackdown a day after a massive bombing claimed by Islamic State killed 88 people and injured hundreds more at a crowded shrine. Overnight raids…
Syria: Coordinated Chemical Attacks on Aleppo
Syrian government forces conducted coordinated chemical attacks in opposition-controlled parts of Aleppo during the final month of the battle for the city, Human Rights Watch said today. Through phone and in-person interviews with witnesses and analysis of video footage, photographs,…
Islamic State suicide bombing at Pakistan shrine kills 75
Pakistan, Feb 17 (AP/UNB)- An Islamic State suicide bomber struck inside a famed shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 75 people in the deadliest attack in the country in more than two years.
Anti-Muslim hate groups nearly triple in US since last year, report finds
The number of organized anti-Muslim hate groups in America nearly tripled last year, from 34 to more than 100, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-leaning non-profit that tracks extremist groups. The center credited…
Trump Should Press Netanyahu on Settlements
For Israel and Palestine, 2017 marks several major anniversaries: the 100th of the Balfour Declaration, which proclaimed British support for establishing a national home for the Jewish people in historic Palestine, the 70th of Palestine’s partition into Jewish and Arab…
Charge framed against former JMB chief
Dhaka – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday framed charge against former chief of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Moulana Saidur Rahman in a case lodged for creating subversive activities in 2010.
North Korea calls ballistic missile test-fire a success
(CNN)North Korea says it has successfully completed the launch of a new ballistic missile, according to state media. The Pukguksong-2, previously unpublicized part of its arsenal which North Korean state media described as a medium long-range ballistic missile, was test…
Rohingyas to be shifted to protect Cox’s Bazar: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar who entered Bangladesh illegally will be rehabilitated to Thengarchar in Hatiya for protecting the beach town of Cox’s Bazar. “The Rohingyas will be rehabilitated to…
North Korea ‘conducts ballistic missile test’
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, South Korea’s military says, in the first such test since Donald Trump took office as US president.
Genocide or not, unacceptable: British HC
Dhaka, Feb 10 – The British, Canadian and Australian high commissioners in Dhaka have been left shaken by harrowing tales of violence and suffering they heard from Rohingya refugees in a registered camp in Kutupalong of Cox’s Bazaar.
BCL hand over suspected Shibirman to police from RU
Rajshahi – Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student’s wing of the ruling Awami League, on Thursday handed over a student of Rajshahi University to police from Shaheed Ziaur Rahman hall, suspecting that he was involved with Shibir’s politics.
US keen to know more about Rohingya relocation plan
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat on Thursday said they need to know a lot more details about government’s proposal to relocate Rohingyas to Hatiya. “We asked lot of questions about the proposal because we are asked to support the…
Over 1,000 Rohingya feared killed in Burma army crackdown
More than 1,000 Rohingya Muslims may have been killed in a Myanmar army crackdown, according to two senior United Nations officials dealing with refugees fleeing the violence, suggesting the death toll has been a far greater than previously reported.
Another war crime suspect held in Jamalpur
Dhaka, Feb 9 – Police in a drive arrested a suspect on charge of war crimes from Dameshwar Dakkhin Shekhpara village in Sadar upazila of Jamalpur on Wednesday.
Five-man body to probe Teachers assault at RUET
Rajshahi – The authority of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) has formed a five-member probe committee to probe Teachers assault and break the now going dead lock condition of the University on Wednesday.
Bangladesh protests Myanmar police firing on fishing boat
Bangladesh has “strongly” protested the Myanmar border police’s firing on a fishing boat in the Naf river that killed one fisherman and injured another.The foreign ministry on Wednesday said they protested the “act of aggression” in a diplomatic note sent…
Somalia’s al-Shabab kills four in Puntland hotel attack
Al-Shabab fighters stormed a hotel in the capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region killing four guards, while two of the attackers also died, a senior Somali official said. The attack occurred in the port city of Bosasso early on Wednesday,…
Al Qaeda leader mocks Trump as fool after Yemen raid
(CNN)Days after a raid on an al Qaeda compound in Yemen led to the first US military combat death under Donald Trump, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released an audio message taunting the new American President.
Dhaka briefs envoys on Rohingya situation
Foreign Minister Mr. A H Mahmood Ali, MP, briefed the members of the diplomatic community on the situation of Myanmar refugees and undocumented Myanmar nationals at the State Guest House Padma today. About 60 (sixty) Ambassadors/High Commissioners / Heads of…
UN: Israeli settlement law crosses ‘thick red line’
The United Nations’ Mideast envoy on Tuesday said a new Israeli law legalizing dozens of unlawful West Bank settler outposts crossed a “very thick red line,” while Israeli rights groups said they would fight to overturn the measure in the…
Withdraw Gaibandha SP, cops over Santal arson attack: HC
The High Court on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to withdraw Gaibandha SP Ashraful Islam and other policemen involved in setting fire to the houses of the Santal community during an eviction drive in Gobindaganj upazila of the district. An…
Bangladesh hit by refugee crisis, says PM
Describing the refugee crisis as a global problem, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said Bangladesh has also been hit by it due to the intrusion of Myanmar nationals into the country. She made the remarks when German MPs Hans-Peter…
Six-student murder case, Magistrate testifies
Dhaka – A court of Dhaka on Monday fixed February 26 to cross-examine former Senior Trial Magistrate Kazi Shahidul Islam in the Savar six students killing case.
Myanmar border guards gun down BD fisherman
Cox’s Bazar, Feb 6 – A Bangladeshi fisherman was shot dead and another injured as Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) opened fire on them while they were fishing in the Bay of Bengal near Teknaf upazila early Monday.
Dhaka seeks int’l partner-support for Rohingya relocation plan
Bangladesh has requested its international partners to support it in implementing the relocation plan of Rohingyas to Hatiya by providing assistance in developing the island and transporting the Myanmar nationals living in Bangladesh to the new place of their residence.…
Trump: US will win appeal of judge’s travel ban order
US President Donald Trump said the Justice Department will win an appeal filed late Saturday of a judge’s order lifting a travel ban he had imposed on citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries. “We’ll win. For the safety of the…
Israel Arabs and Jews protest house demolitions
Tel Aviv, Feb 5 – Israeli Arabs and Jews marched arm-in-arm through central Tel Aviv on Saturday night, calling for the government to stop demolishing Arab homes built without permits that it rarely grants.
At least 2,000 march on Trump’s Florida resort
West Palm Beach – US, Feb 5 – At least 2,000 people marched Saturday near President Donald Trump’s Florida golf club, voicing outrage at his executive order to bar refugees and travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries.