BNP chairperson’s adviser and Supreme Court Bar Association president Khandker Mahbub Hossain on Wednesday said the oppression on minorities are related to Awami League’s coming to power. “Whenever Awami League comes to power, the oppression on minorities begins. Their assets…
Category: Conflicts
Syria conflict: US presses Russia on military build-up
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a bid to clarify the intent of Moscow’s military build-up in Syria. Mr Kerry warned that continued support for President Bashar al-Assad “risks exacerbating and extending…
Pakistan blast leave several dead at Multan bus station
At least 10 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in an explosion at a bus terminal in the Pakistani city of Multan, officials say. Officials say the explosion happened when a motorcycle hit a motorised rickshaw at…
Students blockade roads for second consecutive day Monday
Students of private universities have strted demonstration on the main arteries of Dhaka’s traffic system for the second day on Monday paralysing the city to press their demand for the withdrawal of Value Added Tax (Vat) on their tuition fees.…
Egyptian security forces kill Mexican tourists by mistake
Security forces in Egypt have mistakenly killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, during an anti-terror operation, the interior ministry says. The tourists were travelling in four vehicles that entered a restricted zone in the Wahat area of the Western Desert,…
Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque sees Israeli-Palestinian clashes
Israeli police clashed with Palestinian youths after entering the al-Aqsa mosque complex in East Jerusalem. Police say they entered the site “to prevent riots”. They were reported to have used tear gas and stun grenades, and were attacked with rocks…
India restaurant blast in Madhya Pradesh kills 89
At least 89 people have been killed in a powerful explosion that tore through a restaurant in Petlawad in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, officials say. It was packed with workers and schoolchildren eating breakfast.
Mantra for 9/11 : Fourteen years later, improbable world
By Tom Engelhardt Fourteen years later and do you even believe it? Did we actually live it? Are we still living it? And how improbable is that? Fourteen years of wars, interventions, assassinations, torture, kidnappings, black sites, the growth of…
Students’ demo against Vat paralyses Dhaka’s traffic system
Students of various private universities staged demonstrations at different parts of the city on Thursday protesting the imposition of VAT on the tuition fees and police action on East-West University students, bringing the entire city traffic to a standstill. The…
Where would they go?
In mega city Dhaka, traffic jam is a serious problem acting as retardation to our economic activities. In addition, blocking of footpaths by small businessmen is causing deceleration to our everyday movement. The law enforcers off and on conduct drives…
IS claims to mint gold coins to drive US to financial ruin
By Gillian Mohney The self-styled Islamic State (IS) claims it is now minting its own gold coins and other currency, according to a lengthy propaganda video released Saturday by the militant group. Entitled “The Rise of the Khilafah and the…
Yazidi leaders for proof ‘Jewish Schindler’ saved 128 women, children from IS
By Rachel Browne A group of Yazidi spiritual and political leaders, activists, and aid workers are demanding an inquiry into the work of a Montreal man who claims to have rescued 128 Yazidi and Christian women and children enslaved by…
8 killed as India Pakistan exchange fire along Kashmir
Indian and Pakistani troops traded heavy gunfire and mortar rounds for a seventh day Sunday along the highly militarized line of control dividing the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir between the two archrivals, officials said. Indian army spokesman Lt. Col.…
Pak Punjab home Minister killed in suicide attack
Punjab home minister Colonel (retd) Shuja Khanzada was killed in a suicide attack on his political office in Shadi Khan village. His death was confirmed by Dr Syed Elahi, adviser to the chief minister of Punjab. Several others died in…
150 Years – The first war of India’s independence – Ulema role
By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi The First united War of India’s Independence or the Indian Rebellion of 1857, as in the British records, also known as the Sepoy Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, and the Sepoy Mutiny was a prolonged period of…
U.S. vs. Iraq: 25 years and counting
By Mickey Z. On July 25, 1990, Saddam Hussein entertained a guest at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie. Glaspie told the Iraqi president: ‘I have direct instructions from President (George H.W.) Bush to improve…
Not forgotten: Son of an abductee in N. Korea fights on
S. Korean has sacrificed family, career and health to free his father, victim of a 1969 plane hijacking My hometown, southern sea, I can see the blue water / How can I forget the calm sea in the village /…
Japan PM Abe to deliver closely watched WW2 statement
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will deliver a much-anticipated statement on Friday marking 70 years since his country’s World War Two surrender. Its content will be closely watched by Japan’s neighbours, who are concerned he may water down past apologies…
Chinese stratagems and Syrian buffer zone for Turkey-Qatar pipeline
By Christina Lin Erdogan’s latest feat in beguiling US/NATO to back his demands regarding Syria is a masterpiece. Employing a familiar Chinese stratagem of (m¡n tin gu² ) often associated with Emperor Liu Bei’s (161-230 AD) military strategist Zhuge Liang…
Night operation against the IS: The battle for Rojava
The northeastern city of Hasakah is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse in Syria. Its population of Kurds, Sunni Arabs, and Christians was until recently politically divided between equal zones of Kurdish and Assad regime control. Immediately following…
Defining and regulating the weaponisation of space – Analysis
By David C. DeFrieze | Space is a contested, congested, and competitive domain. Each year the international community relies ever more on space-based technology for defense, civil, and commercial purposes. Accordingly, the weaponization of space has increasingly become an issue…
S. Korea to install anti-N. Korea loudspeakers in propaganda warfare
Broadcast was ceased in 2004, to be reinstated following mine incident from last week South Korean Ministry of Defense has announced plans to use propaganda loudspeakers near Paju as a measure against North Korea’s recent mine attack that seriously injured…
‘Shots fired’ at US Istanbul consulate
Two gunmen have opened fire outside the US consulate in Istanbul and fled when police shot back, reports say. No-one is reported to have been hurt.
Hiroshima-Nagasaki: 70-year nuclear explosions not done yet
By David Swanson This August 6th and 9th millions of people marke the 70th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in those cities and at events around the world. Some will celebrate the recent deal in which…
National unity against ILR to protect Bangladesh’s rivers urged
Water experts and activists on Friday underscored the need for raising awareness about harmful effects of the Indian government plan to interlink the rivers of Assam, Bengal and Bihar and take water to the south of their country, and urged…
Hong Kong protest over ‘breast as weapon’ conviction
Dozens of bra-wearing men and women have protested in Hong Kong after a woman was jailed for assaulting a senior policeman with her breast. Ng Lai-ying, 30, had accused Chief Inspector Chan Ka-po of touching her breast during a protest…
Taliban choose deputy Mansour as successor of Mullah Omar
The Taliban have appointed a successor to Mullah Omar, who led the movement for some 20 years. The death of Mullah Omar – reported by the Afghan government on Wednesday – was confirmed by the Taliban on Thursday, the BBC…
India executes Mumbai bomb plotter Yakub Memon
India has executed Yakub Memon, the man convicted of financing the deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings, the Maharashtra state government has confirmed. Memon was hanged at a prison in Nagpur in the western state. The serial blasts killed 257 people, and…
Malik Ishaq Pakistan Sunni militant chief killed
Pakistani police say they have shot dead Malik Ishaq, the leader of banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Ishaq, who had been detained last week, was in a prison convoy in Punjab province when supporters opened fire in an attempt to…
Gunmen attack Indian Punjab police station: 5 killed 6 hurt
Indian security forces are battling gunmen who stormed a police station in northern Punjab state, close to the border with Pakistan. The attackers first hijacked a car, then opened fire at a bus station before entering a police station in…