US put North Korea on notice it won’t tolerate any provocation, while Pyongyang threatened a nuclear strike in response.
Category: Conflicts
Incendiary weapons burn again in Syria
Recent attacks on Saraqeb caught on video Mary Wareham Videos and photographs taken last weekend in the city of Saraqeb, in northwestern Syria, show the unmistakably bright trails produced by incendiary weapons. The ZAB incendiary submunitions used in the attacks…
US hit IS with largest ever used bomb killing 36 fighters
Washington, Apr 13 (AP/UNB) — U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with “the mother of all bombs,” the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials…
HC stays trial proceedings of 4 cases against Khaleda
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday (Thursday) stayed the trial proceedings of four sabotage cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. The court also issued four separate rulings asking the government to explain as…
HC stays mayor Mannan’s suspension for 2nd time
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a government order suspending Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan for the second time.
Wrong time Tillerson freezes out Russia’s independent groups
Rex Tillerson’s first visit to Russia as secretary of state was understandably dominated by the fallout from the April 7 US air strike on a Syrian air base. While he met with President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and…
Trump says Nato ‘no longer obsolete’
US President Donald Trump has said Nato is “no longer obsolete”, reversing a stance that had alarmed allies. Hosting Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House, Mr Trump said the threat of terrorism had underlined the alliance’s importance.
Suspected ‘female drug peddler’ killed at Naf River
Dhaka, Apr 13 – A woman, said to be a Myanmar national, was killed and four people others injured in a reported gunfight between members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and a group of ‘drug peddlers’ at Badarmokam in Teknaf…
Russia vetoes UN resolution on Syria chemical attack
United Nations, Apr 13 (AP/UNB) – Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Wednesday that would have condemned the reported use of chemical weapons in a town in northern Syria and demanded a speedy investigation, triggering clashes between Moscow and the measure’s…
Raid on suspected ‘militant den’ in Rajshahi; 1 held
Dhaka, Apr 13 – Police arrested a suspected militant during a raid on a ‘militant den’ at Darikharbona in Rajshahi divisional city on Northwest Bangladesh early Thursday.
1st black woman on NY Appeal court found dead by river
New York, Apr 13 (AP/UNB) — The first black woman appointed to the state’s highest court has been found dead on the bank of the Hudson River.
Executed Mufti Hannan, 2 others buried
Dhaka, Apr 13 – Three convicts in the Sylhet grenade attack case who were hanged on Wednesday night were buried at their village homes early Thursday. They were Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and two otyhers Delwar Alias Ripon…
Mufti Hannan 2 others hanged for Sylhet grenade attack
Dhaka – Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and his associates — Delwar Alias Ripon and Sharif Shahedul Alam alias Bipul — were hanged on Wednesday night over the grenade attack on ex-British envoy Anwar Choudhury in Sylhet in 2004.…
Dozens feared deaf after chemical exposure in Syria
Dozens of people showed symptoms consistent with exposure to chemicals after aircraft attacked Khan Sheikhoun, a town in northern Syria, witnesses told us. While we are continuing to investigate, early reports suggest dozens were killed. Khan Sheikhoun is controlled by…
Germany: Blasts rock football team bus; player injured
Dortmund, Apr 12 (AP/UNB) – Three explosions went off near the team bus of Borussia Dortmund, one of Germany’s top soccer clubs, as it set off for a Champions League quarterfinal match on Tuesday evening. One of Dortmund’s players was…
Passenger dragged off overbooked United flight
A man’s refusal to give up his seat on an overbooked United Airlines flight led to a disturbing scene Sunday that has travelers up in arms over airline policies.
US aircraft carrier dispatch outrageous: N Korea
Pyongyang, Apr 11 (AP/UNB) – North Korea is vowing tough counteraction to any military moves that might follow the U.S. move to send the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and its battle group to waters off the Korean Peninsula.
Poland, new player in Islamophobia game
By Claudia Ciobanu Warsaw, Apr 8 (IPS) – Ameer Alkhawlany moved to Poland in September 2014 to pursue a Master’s in biology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland’s second largest city. Two years later, the Polish state awarded him…
Tanners stage demo, demand utilities at Savar Tannaries
Dhaka – The owners and workers of tannery factories on Monday threatened the authority concerned to give electricity, water and gas connections within 15 days to the newly constructed Savar tannery estate as per court order otherwise they will launch…
44 killed in Egypt Coptic Churches blasts
At least 44 people were killed in Egypt in bomb attacks at the cathedral of the Coptic Pope and another church on Palm Sunday, prompting anger and fear among Christians and leading to troop deployments and the declaration of a…
President rejects clemency for Mufti Hannan
Militant leader Mufti Mohammad Abdul Hannan will have to walk the gallows over the 2004 grenade attack on the then UK envoy as the president has rejected his clemency plea.The Harkat-ul-Jihadi al Islami (HuJI) leader’s accomplices Sharif Shahedul Alam alias…
Dhaka Delhi for zero tolerance on terrorism
Bangladesh and India today reinforced their pledge “zero tolerance” policy against terrorism and extremism alongside reiterating their strong commitment to make borders peaceful and free from criminal activities as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held talks with her counterpart Nardendra Modi…
Russian warship steams towards US destroyers
Lucas Tomlinson A Russian warship has entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea Friday and is heading toward the two U.S. Navy destroyers that launched missile strikes into Syria, Fox News has learned.
Suspected terrorist killed in ‘gunfight’ on Southwest BD
Dhaka, Apr 8 – A suspected terrorist was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of terrorists in Kholadanga area of Jessore district town early Saturday.
Syria decries aggfression as US launched missile attack
Syria decried a U.S. missile attack early Friday morning on a government-controlled air base where U.S. officials say the Syrian military launched a deadly chemical attack earlier this week, calling it an “aggression” that led to “losses.” Rebels welcomed the…
‘2001 national polls had conspiratorial outcome’
Dhaka, Apr 6 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the 2001 national election had a result of a huge conspiracy against her party and she was a witness to it. “I was the direct witness to that incident…
8 suspected militant JMB men held in two Bangladesh districts
Dhaka, Apr 7 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested eight suspected members of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from different parts of Narayanganj and Comilla on Thursday.
US missile strikes in response to Syria chemical ‘attack’
The US has carried out a missile attack against an air base in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town.
Ulema should preach Islam to end militancy: PM Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday renewed her call to Imams, Alem, Ulema and Mashayekh to preach the real essence of Islam to the common people so that no one indulges in terrorism and militancy. “You’ll have to remain alert…
Simmering health crisis of rape victims of war
Claudine repeatedly slams her hand against the table as she talks. Bang, bang, bang. She tells me after yelling and beating at the door, the men eventually broke it, pushing into her home in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura. They gang raped…