Less insouciant, more policed — France is a changed place since Islamic State extremists killed 130 people in the country’s deadliest attacks a year ago. Fearing it’s becoming more divided, too, survivors and victims’ families marked Sunday’s anniversary of the…
New York – Donald Trump’s presidential upset win sparked a fourth day of protests across the United States, with tens of thousands of protesters marching and railing against him. Saturday protests – held in big cities such as Los Angeles,…
ISIL mortars, RPGs, and suicide car bombs target Iraqi forces as urban push meets stiff resistance. ISIL fighters have launched several fierce counterattacks on Iraqi forces in Mosul city, underscoring the intense battle ahead as government troops and their allies…
Hillary Clinton has blamed her defeat in the US presidential election on interventions by the FBI director. James Comey’s announcement of a new inquiry into her use of email while secretary of state shortly before election day had stopped her…
Portland- As protests of President-elect Donald Trump entered another day, police in Portland, Oregon, say one person was shot by a man who had gotten into a confrontation with a protester. Portland police said the person who was shot was…
Dhaka – Local administration imposed section 144 in Poiratala area of Brahmanbaria district town on Saturday as the two factions of Jatiya Party called meeting at the same venue and time. The restriction will remain in force from 6 am to…
Dhaka – Agitated minority students blocked roads at Shahbagh intersection in protest to recent communal attacks in Brahmanbarhia and other parts of the country. More than 200 hundred protestors started the protests demonstrating around 12:00pm yesterday. They came under the…
Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) authorities on Friday closed the university until November 18 following a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the campus.The decision was taken in a syndicate meeting around 11.45 am,…
Dhaka – Police have arrested four more people for their alleged involvement in recent attacks on Hindu community members in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district, UNB news agency reported.
Police have enforced an intensified vigil nationwide in line with an order issued by police headquarters (PHQ) in view of the Nasirnagar incidents, when miscreants attacked several Hindu temples and households, officials said today.”The (PHQ) letter has been issued earlier…
It is a Tuesday afternoon and only a handful of devotees have flocked to the Meera Grand Mosque in Katankuddi, about 300 kms east of the capital Colombo.As they prostrate in prayer, the wall in front of them is anything…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said BNP-Jamaat leaders will have to stand trial for killing people through arson attacks, trying to resist the last general election, getting involved in corruption and pampering war criminals.”They must face trial on the…
Dhaka – Police seized four crude bombs from a house at Petvora village in Chowgachha upazila of Jesoore district early Wednesday, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon announced that the Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) will offer Tk one lakh (one hundred thousand Taka) financial assistance to the family members of the Ansar member, who was killed…
Dhaka – Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq on Monday said the killers of November 7, 1975 will be held in the country. “BNP are trying to confuse the present generation by raising the November 7 wrongly. The trial…
Dhaka – The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has recommended the formation of Criminal Justice Commission to monitor the activities of the police. The national anti-graft body made the recommendation in its Annual Report-2015 submitted to President Abdul Hamid, UNB news…
Dhaka – Nasirnagar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Chowdhury Moazzem Ahmed was withdrawn on Sunday following the recent attacks on temples, houses and business establishments of the Hindu community in the upazila, UNB news agency reported. Additional deputy commissioner of the district…
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque, who came under fire for ‘using abusive words’ against Hindus after Nasirnagar violence, on Sunday said he will quit right away if any Hindu in Nasirnagar can prove that he used abusive words…
Nevada (CNN)Donald Trump was rushed off a stage here Saturday by Secret Service agents during a campaign speech after an incident in the crowd near the front of the stage. A Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement that an…
Dhaka – The BNP claims that they have found evidence of the ruling Awami League’s involvement in attack on Hindus in Brahmanbarhia. “It is now clear to the people of this country who are behind this disruption of communal harmony,”…
New York (Reuters) – A New York City police sergeant was fatally shot and a second officer was wounded in the Bronx on Friday by a heavily armed robbery suspect who was killed in the exchange of gunfire, according to…
FBI have released a warning about potential al Qaeda terror plots for New York, Virginia and Texas on the eve of election day It’s still unclear where in those states the threats were aimed at Officials are still assessing the…
JH Ahn Deployment technically possible, but politically very difficult, a Seoul-based expert says U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) General Vincent K. Brooks said the U.S. made Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system will be deployed in South Korea in the next…
A few weeks ago, the US government agreed to give Israel $38 billion dollars, the largest military funding package the U.S. has given any nation.This $38 billion in military and other type of Aid will be used to imprison the…
Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh Kazi Reazul Hoque on Thursday said negligence, indifference and lack of prudence of the local administration were the reasons behind attacks on Hindu temples and houses in Brahmanbaria.
(CNN) ISIS’ media arm has released audio purportedly featuring its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in which he urges fighters not to retreat from an attack on its Iraq stronghold, Mosul. “Holding your ground in honor is a thousand times better…
Islamabad: Two Pakistani officials and an Indian spokesman say Pakistan has withdrawn six of its diplomats working at the Pakistani embassy in New Delhi amid increasing tension between the two countries over the disputed Kashmir territory. The two Pakistani officials…
Dhaka – Police have arrested nine people so far in connection with the rampage on a number of Hindu temples and houses in Brahmanbaria district following the alleged Facebook post by a Hindu youth allegedly humiliating the holy Kaaba, the…
Bazwaya (AP/UNB) — Iraq’s special forces fought their way into the outskirts of Mosul on Tuesday, taking its state television building despite resistance by Islamic State group fighters that is only likely to stiffen when combat reaches the inner city.…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the country’s youths to shun the path of drug abuse, militancy, extremism and terrorism, and make the best use of their talents for the welfare of themselves, their own families and the country.”I…