Gaibandha – Police arrested a suspected member of outlawed militant group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Bonarpara in Saghata upazila early Thursday, UNB news agency reported.
Category: Conflicts
Six suspected militants killed in Russia’s Dagestan
Makhachkala (AP/UNB) – The Russian interior ministry says six people have been killed in the restive predominantly Muslim region of Dagestan in clashes with security forces.
Kremlin laments new US sanctions after Putin-Obama meeting
Moscow (AP/UNB) – The Kremlin says the latest round of U.S. sanctions against Russia runs counter to potential cooperation on “sensitive issues” that Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin discussed during their meeting in China this week.
28 million children uprooted by global conflict: Unicef
United Nations (AP/UNB) — Some 28 million children around the globe have been driven from their homes by violent conflict, with nearly as many abandoning their homes in search of a better life, UNICEF said in a report.
Stay alert against militancy, terrorism, reiterates PM
Chilmari (Kurigram): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Wednesday again called upon all to always stay alert so that no one could slip into the wrong path of terrorism and militancy, and mobilise public opinion against these two menaces. “I…
Rescue workers report chlorine attack on Aleppo
At least 70 people were treated for breathing problems Tuesday in the Syrian city of Aleppo after what rescue workers say was a chlorine gas attack by government forces.The Syria Civil Defense group said helicopters dropped several barrels containing chlorine…
Car full of explosives found near Paris Notre Dame Cathedral
A radicalised French woman who wanted to run away and join ISIS is in custody in Paris today after abandoning a car packed with gas cylinders close to Notre Dame Cathedral.The suspect – who is 29 and on a terror…
Two couples held over “Neo JMB” link
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two couples for their suspected link to “Neo JMB” from different places of Dhaka and Narayanganj district early Wednesday.Identities of the arrestees could not be known immediately,UNB news agency reporter.
Myanmar Buddhists boo ex-UN chief on peace mission
Hundreds of Buddhist hardliners booed former UN chief Kofi Annan as he arrived in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state Tuesday to probe religious conflict that has displaced tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya.Annan has been tasked by the leader of Myanmar’s…
Ignorance isn’t really bliss, and Sept. 11 won’t be just another day
In one of the dirty little secrets of American democracy, journalists who are supposed to keep a watchful eye on government usually earn less money than the people politicians hire to tell them — and taxpayers — what to think.…
Wave of bombings in Syria claimed by IS kill at least 48
Beirut (AP/UNB) – The Islamic State group launched a series of suicide bombings and other attacks across Syria on Monday, killing at least 48 people as it targeted government-held areas and Kurdish forces. The wave of attacks came as the…
IOs to take steps about bodies of 19 militants: DMP
Investigation officers concerned of the cases filed over Gulshan attack, Kalyanpur, Mirpur and Narayanganj drives will take necessary steps about the bodies of 19 militants kept in different mortuaries.Deputy Commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masudur Rahman came up…
NKorea fires three ballistic missiles; China opposes THAAD
((CNN) North Korea fired three ballistic missiles Monday morning, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The missiles were fired from areas around Hwangju country, in North Hwanghae province, towards the Sea of Japan, the Joint Chiefs said in…
Israel targets Syrian army after errant fire hits Golan
Jerusalem (AP/UNB)- The Israeli military says it has fired at Syrian army cannons in the Syrian Golan Heights in response to mortar fire from Syria that hit the Israeli-held Golan Heights. The army says that the mortars appeared to be…
Students block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur
Dhaka – Students blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in College Gate area of Tongi on Monday morning protesting the killing of a school girl in road accident.
New anti-China activists may win Hong Kong vote
Hong Kong (AP/UNB) — A new wave of anti-China activists appeared headed for victory in Hong Kong’s most crucial elections since the handover from Britain in 1997, setting the stage for a fresh round of political confrontations over Beijing’s control…
Divert youths from militancy thru’ sports: PM
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed creating more scopes of sports for children and youths to divert them from various social menaces like militancy, terrorism and drug addiction, UNB news agency reported. “I think we have to…
Slain suspected JMB trainer Murad’s autopsy done
Dhaka – The autopsy of alleged militant Murad alias Jahangir, who was killed in a ‘gunfight’ by police during a rain in the city’s Rupnagar on Friday night, was completed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday.
“They don’t want me to live!” Bangladeshi women said before death
Jamaica Hills (NY) — The aunt of my neighborhood was fatally stabbed as she walked home with my uncle (husband) in Queens on Wednesday night.
‘Bomb supplier’ of café attackers identified: Police
Police have identified a militant who supplied crude bombs to the attackers of Gulshan Holy Artisan Bakery, said additional commissioner and head of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Monirul Islam.Investigators got the name…
ASAAL protests NY murder of Bangladeshi women
New York – The Alliance of South Asian American Labor (ASAAL) stands in solidarity with hundreds of Bangladeshis and millions of Americans to mourn the pre-planned stabbing death of Nazma Khanam (60) only a few feet from her home, in…
China air force says developing new long-range bomber
Beijing (AP/UNB) — China’s air force is developing a new type of strategic bomber, state media reported Friday, adding to recent progress in large aircraft production and further expanding the range of the country’s increasingly sophisticated military.
Death toll in Philippines’ drug war hits 2,000
The number of drug-related killings in the Philippines since Rodrigo Duterte became president two months ago on a pledge to wipe out the illegal drug trade, has reached around 2,000, according to data released on Tuesday.There has been popular support…
Myanmar holds historic peace talks with ethnic groups
Myanmar (AP/UNB) — Hundreds of representatives of Myanmar’s ethnic tribes gathered Wednesday in the country’s capital for historic peace talks with the government aimed at ending decades of separatist insurgencies that have claimed thousands of lives. The delegates, dressed in…
Jamaat’s observes countywide hartal Wednesday
Dhaka -The dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by the Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the Supreme Court order upholding its leader Mir Quasem Ali’s death penalty is going on across the country having almost no impact on the people’s routine life. In the capital, traffic…
Islamic State group says spokesman killed in Syria
Beirut (AP/UNB) – The Islamic State group said Tuesday that its spokesman and senior commander has been killed while overseeing military operations in northern Syria, and threatened to avenge his death. The IS-run Aamaq news agency said Abu Muhammed al-Adnani…
Violations of Israel-Lebanon cease-fire could spark war: UN
UN (AP/UNB) – The U.N. Security Council is warning that violations of the cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel could lead to a new conflict “that none of the parties or the region can afford.”
Seven cops injured in Sylhet ‘gunfight’ with ‘Indian terrorists’
Dhaka – Seven policemen including an officer-in-charge, were injured in a ‘gunfight’ with Indian terrorists along Songrampunji border area of Goainghat upazila of Sylhet early Monday, UNB news agency reported.
Two suspected JMB members killed in Bogra ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – Two suspected members of the banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were killed in a gunfight with police at Nikhilpara village in Sherpur upazila of Bogra district early Monday, UNB news agency reported. One of the…
Jhalakati judges killing: SC upholds death for JMB man Arif
The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday cleared the way for executing Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Asadul Islam alias Arif for killing two judges of Jhalakati in 2005.A five-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha…