Dhaka and New Delhi have agreed to operationalise immediately an existing treaty for jointly combating terrorism and organized crime against the backdrop of the situation in Bangladesh.According to an Indian High Commission statement issued here today the consensus came as…
A couple from India’s Dalit community have been been hacked to death after a row over a 15 rupees (22 cents; 16 pence) debt in Uttar Pradesh state.Police said the couple, Bharat and Mamta, were murdered by an upper caste…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reaffirmed that India is with Bangladesh in its fight against terrorism as it did during the Liberation War in 1971.The Indian Prime Minister came up with the assurance when Bangladesh’s Home Minister Asaduzzaman…
By Thomas Gaist The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is sending 4,000 additional troops to Eastern Europe in the name of reassuring Poland and the Baltic states, the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed on Monday. “We will agree to…
Donald J. Trump could not resist making a splashy appearance every night of his convention — emerging onstage as a fog-enshrouded silhouette one night, upstaging a political foe from the stands two nights later.
The British Council has temporarily closed its offices in Bangladesh in order to review its security procedures. The British Council made the announcement on Wednesday in a press release. The organisation hopes to reopen its offices and resume normal services…
Dhaka – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday appointed Bangladesh’s Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir the Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), UNB news agency reported. Major General Kabir will succeed Major General Kristin…
European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker warned Turkey that talks on its accession to the EU would be stopped immediately if it reinstated the death penalty.The European Union may suspend the negotiations with Turkey on accession to the EU countries.
At least 19 people were killed and about 20 wounded in a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the handicapped in a city just outside Tokyo in the worst mass killing in generations in Japan.
Turkish authorities issued warrants for the detention of 42 journalists on Monday, private broadcaster NTV reported.Well known commentator and former parliamentarian Nazli Ilicak was among those for whom a warrant was issued, NTV said.Turkish authorities have suspended, detained or placed…
Prince Harry has spoken of his regret that he did not talk about how the death of his mother, Princess Diana, affected him until three years ago.The Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash in 1997, when he…
Embattled Democratic Party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Sunday she is resigning, following a leak of emails suggesting an insider attempt to hobble the campaign of Hillary Clinton’s rival in the White House primaries Bernie Sanders.Wasserman Schultz will step down…
Berlin (AP/UNB) — A man who blew himself up and injured 12 people after being turned away from an open-air music festival was a 27-year-old Syrian who had been denied asylum, Bavaria’s top security official said early Monday. “We don’t…
London (AP/UNB) — Prince William thinks his son got too many presents on his third birthday. William declined Sunday to say what gifts Prince George received when he turned 3 two days ago.
Beijing (AP/UNB) — Beijing authorities have shut down several edgy news programs run by major web portals in the latest round of efforts to restrict reporting of political and social news. Citing violation of rules, the municipal office in charge…
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the Army high-ups for selecting patriotic and competent leaders for the Bangladesh Army through neutral evaluation but with focus on those who have the spirit of the Liberation War.
After the news that three Chinese journalists based in India, who represented the Xinhua news agency, were denied permission for extended stay in the country, reports have surfaced that the decision was taken because the reporters had been “indulging in…
Canberra – Bangladesh and Australia are enhancing their cooperation on shared security challenges, including counterterrorism and people smuggling, said Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop. Announcing the appointment of Julia Niblett as Australia’s next High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Bishop…
Turkey’s elite presidential guard is to be disbanded after nearly 300 of its members were detained following last week’s failed coup. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told a TV channel that there was “no need” for the regiment. Earlier, Turkey detained…
Sao Paulo, (AP/UNB) — A man was wrestled to the ground and detained after he tried to steal the Olympic torch as it passed through the Brazilian town of Guarulhos.
Police were hunting Saturday for clues to explain why an 18-year-old German-Iranian man opened fire at a crowded Munich shopping mall and fast-food restaurant, killing nine people and wounding 16 others before killing himself.The attack in the Bavarian capital sparked…
At least 80 people were killed and another 231 wounded in the Afghan capital on Saturday, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed clothing among a large crowd of demonstrators, officials and witnesses said.In a statement issued by its news…
A US guided missile destroyer, USS Ross, equipped with the Aegis advanced missile defence system has entered the Black Sea and is heading to the Ukrainian port city of Odessa to join the international maritime exercises Sea Breeze 2016. The…
Munich (AP/UNB) — An 18-year-old German-Iranian man opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and a nearby McDonald’s Friday night, killing nine people and wounding 16 others before killing himself, the chief of police in the Bavarian capital said.…
Tampa(AP/UNB) – Hillary Clinton named Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her vice presidential running mate Friday, adding a centrist former governor of a crucial battleground state to the Democratic ticket. In a text message to supporters, the presumptive Democratic nominee…
Dhaka – A special drive titled ‘Operation Irene’ will be conducted in three international airports in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet on Saturday by Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate will to prevent smuggling.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Friday for a new anti-doping commission to be created to shape Russia’s future strategy, as the country faces possible exclusion from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.Putin’s intervention came as former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev wrote…
Donald Trump has officially accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president of the United States, pledging to champion “Americanism, not globalism” if he is elected to the White House and accusing his likely Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, of a legacy…
The Indian air force Friday lost contact with a transport plane carrying 29 people to islands in the Bay of Bengal, the defense ministry said.The air force, navy and coast guard were using ships, planes and helicopters to conduct a…
A new coup attempt is still possible in Turkey because “separatists” and “terrorists” have potentially infiltrated the state structure, President Tayyip Erdogan has warned, claiming that the failings which led to the putsch mean a restructuring of the military is…