Beirut, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — The head of the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon warned Israel late Saturday over its continued attacks in Syria, saying a miscalculation could drag the region into a war. Hassan Nasrallah made the comment during…
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19 dead as bombs target cathedral in southern Philippines
Philippines, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — Two bombs exploded outside a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 19 people and wounding nearly 50 during a Sunday Mass, officials said. The first…
Arms snatched from Police Sub-Inspector in N’ganj
Narayanganj, Jan 26 – Some youths attacked an on-duty policeman and snatched his revolver at Cholapara village in Rupganj Upazila on Saturday night. Witnesses said two groups of villagers locked into a fight following a football match among themselves in…
Rizvi tells Quader: Vulture’s prayer brings no cattle death
Dhaka, Jan 26 – BNP on Saturday slammed Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader for his comment that BNP will get split due to its internal conflict, saying the ‘cow does not die if it is cursed by a vulture’.…
PM’s speech manifests her ‘guilty conscience’: Fakhrul
Dhaka, Jan 26 (UNB) – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s address to the nation has manifested her ‘guilty conscience’ as she tried to justify her party’s victory and Oikyafront’s defeat. Talking…
Khalid killed RU teacher, planned Holey Artisan attack: Rab
Dhaka, Jan 26 (UNB) – Former Rajshahi University student Shariful Islam alias Khalid was involved in Dr Rezaul Karim’s killing and was a key planner of Gulshan attack, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said on Saturday. Khalid, a suspected member of…
PM invites Oikya Front leaders to exchange greetings
Dhaka, Jan 26 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited Jatiya Oikyafront senior leaders to exchange greetings at Ganobhaban over tea on February 2. Separate invitation cards were sent to all the steering committee members of the alliance from…
In Venezuela, two presidents vie for power
CARACAS, Jan 25 2019 (IPS) – Venezuela entered a new and astonishing arena of political confrontation, with two presidents, Nicolás Maduro and Juan Guaidó, leading the forces vying for power, while Venezuelans once again are taking to the streets to…
Gulshan café attack accused held in Chapainawabganj
Chapainawabganj, Jan 25 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) who is a charge-sheeted accused in the Holey Artisan Bakery attack case from Nachole upazila of the…
BNP to boycott upazila, DNCC polls
Dhaka, Jan 25 (UNB) – BNP has decided not to participate in the upcoming upazila election and the by-polls to the vacant mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir disclosed the decision…
Seat business at BAU: General students in crisis
Mymensingh, Jan 24 – The ruling party’s student organization Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) face allegation of seat business in the residential halls in the campus. Extreme seat crisis has arisen among the halls and the…
BNP to face split due to internal conflict: Quader
Dhaka, Jan 24 – The government has no intention to spilt BNP as the party will face it due to its internal feud, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said after observing a signing ceremony to upgrade 190-km long…
Govt out to split BNP, alleges Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government is conspiring to split their party. “Many plots are now going on to weaken BNP and split it. They (govt) also tried to do so in the…
Three suspects killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfights’
Cox’s Bazar, Jan 24 – Two suspected drug traders and an alleged robber were killed in separate incidents of a reported gunfight with law enforcers in Teknaf and Maheshkhali Upazila early Thursday. In Teknaf, two suspected drug traders were killed…
A morally right decision
By Chandra Muzaffar The decision of the Malaysian government not to allow Israelis to enter the country to participate in the World Para Swimming Championships in Sarawak in July-August 2019 is both politically correct and morally right. Tun Dr. Mahathir…
Five killed in central Florida bank shooting, police say
A gunman killed five people in a bank in central Florida on Wednesday, then called police himself and eventually surrendered, local authorities said. The shooting occurred at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, a town of about 10,000 people 95 miles…
Why are so many humanitarian crises under-reported?
According to a recent poll of aid agencies by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the most under-reported crisis of 2018 was the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, commented that, ‘the…
BNP seeks greater unity to press for fresh polls
Accusing Awami League of destroying the country’s election system, BNP on Wednesday urged opposition parties to forge a greater unity to force the government to hold a fresh election under a non-party administration. “Awami League has become the mass enemy…
5 fatally shot inside Florida bank, suspect arrested: Police
A gunman opened fire inside a Florida bank Wednesday, killing five people before surrendering to a SWAT team, police said. The shooter called police to report that he had fired shots inside the bank in Sebring, in central Florida. Negotiations…
HC calls grouping in Tablig Jamaat shameful
Dhaka, Jan 22 – The High Court yesterday felt ashamed over the grouping of Tablig Jamaat into the two factions for establishing control over the Ijtema Maidan on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi of Gazipur.
Demo at Shahbagh demanding reinstatement of FF quota
The children and grandchildren of Freedom Fighters (FF) on Tuesday formed a human chain blocking the city’s Shahbagh intersection for around two and half hours demanding the reinstatement of 30 percent FF quota in government jobs.
Fakhrul confused after ‘shameful’ election loss: Obaidul
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said his BNP counterpart Mirza Fakhrul has been talking deliriously since his party’s shameful defeat in the December-30 national election.
Filipino Muslims vote on autonomy after long peace effort
Marawi, Jan 22 (AP/UNB) — Muslims in the southern Philippines voted Monday in a referendum on a new autonomous region that seeks to end nearly half a century of unrest, in what their leaders are touting as the best alternative…
Bd opposition BNP pushes for fresh polls, movement
Claiming that Awami League has turned into a ‘mass enemy’ for ‘looting democracy’, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their movement will continue until a people’s government is installed through a fresh election under a nonparty…
Grenade Attack Case: 2 former IGPs get HC bail
The High Court on Monday granted six-month bail to former Inspectors General of Police (IGP) Ashraful Huda and Shahudul Haque, who were convicted in a case filed over August 21 grenade attack.
Gulshan attack accused Ripon placed under police remand
Dhaka, Jan 20 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka court on Sunday placed Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) member Md Mammunur Rashid, an accused in Gulshan Holey Artisan Bakery café attack case, on a five-day remand.
Ruling party men reckless with ‘diabolic joy’: BNP
Strongly condemning the gang-rape of a woman ‘by Jubo League men’ in Noakhali, BNP on Sunday alleged that the activists of ruling Awami League have turned reckless with ‘diabolic joy’ after their ‘false victory’ in the 11th parliamentary election through…
Gulshan café attack accused ‘militant’ held
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a charge-sheeted accused of the case filed over Gulshan Holey Artisan Bakery attack from Gazipur on Saturday night.
AL celebrates victory to hide moral defeat: Fakhrul
BNP on Saturday alleged that the ruling party is celebrating its victory to divert people’s attention from ‘vote rigging’ in the December-30 election.
Quader foresees ‘split’ in Oikyafront
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday predicted that the Jatiya Oikyafront will not survive for lack of principles and ideals in the alliance.