Dhaka – Miscreants torched the Awami League office of Zirangachha ward and an office of a locally-based cooperative firm in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district early Tuesday, Unb news agency reported.
Category: Conflicts
Bombings claimed by IS killed 43 in southern Yemen
Yemen, (AP/UNB) – An Islamic State affiliate carried out a series of attacks in Yemen’s southern port city of Mukalla on Monday, killing at least 43 people and wounding several others, officials said. The attacks came as the government and…
UNSC slams North Korea’s missile tests as ‘grave violation’
Security Council calls for member states to ‘redouble’ implementation efforts John Power The UN Security Council (UNSC) condemned North Korea’s latest back-to-back ballistic missile launcheson Thursday, vowing to ramp up the enforcement of existing sanctions designed to thwart its nuclear…
Britons showed ‘losing mindset’, say Chinese media in swipe at Brexit
The Chinese people will ‘watch the consequence of Britain’s embracing of a “democratic” referendum’, says Communist party-run Global Times The vote to leave the European Union meant Britons were “showing a losing mindset” and becoming “citizens of a nation that…
Saying sorry
By Chandra Muzaffar A hegemonic power never says sorry. Three recent episodes underscore this truism. When US President Barack Obama offered a floral wreath at the cenotaph of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on 27 May 2016, some peace advocates…
Record number of people killed for protecting the environment
More than three people were killed every week for trying to protect their land, forests and rivers against industries last year, with Southeast Asia emerging as one of the most dangerous regions for environmental activists. The new report by international…
Transport strike heaps sufferings on thousands
Thousands of passengers suffered for hours as no long-route buses left Sayedabad bus terminal since morning following a strike enforced by a group of transport workers. Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Union (BSPSU) which began the strike at 6am initially for…
Fundamentalism a threat to peaceful assembly, association: UN
Dhaka – The phenomenon of fundamentalism is fueling growing intolerance worldwide, which poses a grave threat to the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Unb news agency reported. United Nations expert Maina Kiai said this at the…
Joe Biden campaigns for ban on assault weapons from civilian ownership
US Vice President Joe Biden in a message sent to people on Friday lent support to the campaign to ban assault weappons and high capacity magazines from cvilian ownership. He said, “Over the past few years, we’ve watched as new…
Boko Haram kills 18 at funeral in northeast Nigeria
A police official says Boko Haram extremists have killed 18 people at a funeral in northeast Nigeria.Police spokesman Othman Abubakar said Friday the number of dead could rise.Witnesses said the assailants shot at mourners after arriving on motorbikes in the…
Mass shooting casualties in the US
A total of 330 mass shootings were recorded in the United States in 2015, killing 367 and injuring another 1,318 people. And from year to year, this figures only rise. Thus, compared to the two previous years, 2015 appeared to…
Gun industry describes mass shootings like Orlando “big opportunity”
In recent corporate presentations, leading gun makers celebrated the fact that consumers bought more firearms because of the December terrorist attack in San Bernardino. And, prior to the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando on Saturday night, executives were…
AL’s blockade of Bandarban hill district to find abducted worker
Dhaka – A daylong transport blockade, enforced by the district unit of ruling Awami League party and its associate bodies demanding immediate release of an abducted party leader, is on amid huge outrage, Unb news agency reported.
The life and death of peace activist Daniel Berrigan
By Rev. John Dear Rev. Daniel Berrigan, the renowned anti-war activist, award-winning poet, author and Jesuit priest, who inspired religious opposition to the Vietnam war and later the U.S. nuclear weapons industry, died at age 94, just a week shy…
Marseille clashes leave British fans in hospital
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…
Police official among 20 hurt in Gulistan hawker-trader clash
Dhaka – At least 20 people, including Deputy Commissioner of DMP (Motijheel Division) Anwar Hossain, were injured in a clash between hawkers and traders at Gulistan in the city on Friday afternoon. Police arrested around 150 people from the spot…
Debate on BD situation in EP Tuesday
The European Parliament (EP) will see a debate on Bangladesh situation on Tuesday. Among other issues, a debate on Bangladesh titled ‘Situation in Bangladesh’ will be held between 15:00-23:00 hours (Strasbourg time), said an official. Recent attacks on minority groups…
Chittagong police super’s wife shot dead
Dhaka – Unidentified miscreants gunned down the wife of a superintendent of police of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) at the port city’s GEC intersection on Sunday morning, Unb news agency reported.
Never met Safadi: Joy
Trashing Israeli politician Mendi N Safadi’s claim that they had a meeting in Washington, Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said they met nowhere. In a Facebook post, Joy wrote: “I have never met Safadi, either in Washington or…
Donald Trump rally sparks clashes in San Diego
Supporters and opponents of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have clashed in the city of San Diego in California.Police declared a gathering outside the city’s convention centre unlawful and made 35 arrests, as stones and water bottles were thrown.Mr Trump…
Obama at Hiroshima: ‘Death fell from the sky’
Hiroshima (AP/UNB) — Barack Obama on Friday paid tribute to the 140,000 people killed by the world’s first atomic bomb attack and sought to bring global attention to his unfulfilled vision of a world without nuclear weapons, as he became…
BGB camp in CHT set afire as 2 killed in truck plunge at Dhangchhari
Dhaka – Two people were killed when a wood-laden truck fall into roadside ditch while speeding away defying signal of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Dhangchhari check post of Chandragona in Rangamati district on Thursday night. Local people set to…
French labour dispute: Nuclear power plant workers to join strike
Workers at French nuclear power stations are due to down tools on Thursday amid growing industrial action over controversial labour reforms.The CGT union said staff at 16 of France’s 19 nuclear plants had voted for a one-day strike.The government said…
S.Korea dismisses North Korea’s military dialogue proposal
Seoul strongly asserts denuclearization first, implying higher standard than the U.S. to start talks Ha-young Choi South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Monday morning replied to North Korea’s request for military talks by reiterating its denuclearization-first policy. The…
Iraq PM announces beginning of military operation
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the start of a military operation to retake Falluja from so-called Islamic State (IS).”Zero hour for the liberation of Falluja has arrived. The moment of great victory has drawn near,” he said, adding…
Afghan Taliban leader Mansour ‘killed’ in US air strike?
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has probably been killed in a US air strike, US officials say. He and another male combatant were targeted as they rode in a vehicle in a remote area of Pakistan close to the…
IS claims responsibility for homeopath killing
ISIS claimed responsibility for the hacking death of a Bangladeshi doctor killed by machete-wielding attackers. Homeopathy doctor Sanwar Rahman, 55, was in Kushtia district on his way to a medical center where he volunteered his services to the poor, according…
Inactive Bangladesh ‘militants’ trying to get reorganised: Minister
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday said inactive members of different militant groups are trying to be reorganised to carry out subversive acts, aiming to thwart the trial of war criminals, unb news agency reported. “They (militants)…
Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council places 7 point demand
Dhaka-The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) yesterday placed a 7-point demand including 60 reserved parliamentary seats for the minority community to ensure participation and representation in the parliament. They put the demands forming a human chain in front…
Arabs demand that UN remove a panel from Israeli exhibition
Arab and Islamic nations are demanding that the United Nations remove a panel from an Israeli exhibition that calls Jerusalem “the spiritual and physical capital of the Jewish people.” A letter from the Palestinian U.N. mission to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…