The U.S. military says U.S.-led forces have conducted 16 air strikes in Syria since Monday, most around the heavily contested town of Kobani near the Turkish border. The U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday that 10 of the strikes hit…
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India police detain doctor as 13 women die after sterilisations
Police have detained a doctor who performed mass sterilisation surgeries in central India that left 13 women dead and dozens ill in hospital, a senior officer said Thursday. – AFP/BSS “He has been taken into custody. He will be produced…
Obama warns of Myanmar reform ‘backsliding’
US President Barack Obama is to hold talks with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, hours after accusing his government of backsliding on reforms. Mr Obama is in Nay Pyi Taw for the East Asia summit, which follows Wednesday’s Asean meeting. In…
Indian sterilisation clinic full of cobwebs and dust
Thirteen women have died after undergoing sterilisation surgery at a health camp organised by the government in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone health workers go on strike
More than 400 health workers involved in treating Ebola patients have gone on strike at a clinic in Sierra Leone.
Ukraine crisis: Russian troops crossed border, Nato says
Nato officials have seen Russian military equipment and Russian combat troops entering Ukraine this week, its top commander says.
PM hands over national standard to 3 units of EBR
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the members of East Bengal Regiment (EBR) of Bangladesh Army to play their strong role with professionalism and efficiency in building the nation along side protecting national security and integrity. The Prime Minister…
8 more Russian nuclear power units for Iran
Russia and Iran have signed a set of documents on enhancement of cooperation in peaceful use of atomic energy. Sergei Kirienko, Head of ROSATOM, Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation and Ali Akbar Salehi, Vice- President of Iran and Head of…
Law enforcers cannot be judges to shoot at people
Two recent remarks made by the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Dr. Mizanur Rahman have irked a section of the police administration because those challenged the police’s discretion to shoot at people on the charge of being extremists…
Indian botched sterilisations kill nine women in Chhattisgarh
Eleven Indian women have died after undergoing botched sterilisation surgery at a government-run health camp in the central state of Chhattisgarh.
South Korea ferry disaster trial: Relatives angry at verdict
A verdict of negligence rather than homicide on three senior officers of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 has angered many victims’ relatives as too lenient. “Do you know how many children are dead?”…
Bangla-china ties to get boost once BNP is in power: Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the relations between the two countries will get furhter boost if BNP comes to power,” he said while addressing a seminar at Jatiya Press Club in the city. Addressing a…
Russia keen on Dhaka-Moscow direct flight
Russia has expressed interest to launch direct air links with Bangladesh. Russian Ambassador in Bangladesh Alexander A Nikolayev showed his interest in this matter when he met Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Tuesday. It has been…
Dozens dead in Nigeria school blast in Potiskum
At least 46 students have been killed by a suicide bomber at a school assembly in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum, police have said.
Reagan’s apology to Thatcher over Grenada revealed
A recorded conversation between an apologetic Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher over the invasion of Grenada has been published for the first time.
World leaders gather in Beijing for Apec summit
Leaders from China, Russia, Japan, the US and other Asia-Pacific states are in Beijing for a two-day summit. Bilateral meetings between top leaders will take place on Monday, followed by a formal leaders’ summit on Tuesday. There is speculation Chinese…
Bangladesh enrols 4.5 million new voters
The Election Commission has registered more than 4.5 million fresh voters in 511 out of the 514 upazilas and thanas across Bangladesh. The figure of new voters is commensurate with the EC’s estimation of finding 46 lakh voters across the…
Berlin Wall: Angela Merkel hails fall as ‘dream come true’
The fall of the Berlin Wall has shown the world that dreams can come true and “nothing has to stay as it is”, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.
Iraq troops ‘seize Baiji oil refinery town centre’ from IS
Iraqi government forces have seized large areas of the town of Baiji – home to Iraq’s biggest oil refinery – from Islamic State fighters, officials say.
HRW call Dhaka to halt execution of Kamaruzzaman
New York – The death sentence against Muhammed Kamaruzzman, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party convicted of war crimes during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence, should immediately be stayed. Kamaruzzman should be granted a right to appeal against the death…
India army says sorry over Kashmir teenager deaths
The Indian army has issued an unusual apology for shooting dead two teenage boys in Indian-administered Kashmir. The army says it made a mistake in firing at a car they were travelling in on the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday.…
Main accused in Burdwan blast arrested?
West Bengal police have reportedly arrested the main accused in Burdwan blast, Sajid, a Bangladeshi national and chief commander of terror group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangaldesh (JMB). Sajid was arrested by sleuths of Bidhannagar Police Commissionarate on Saturday afternoon from the Airport…
India nabs women suspected ‘plotting to kill Hasina-Khaleda
Indian police have arrested a 36-year-old woman who is suspected of being involved in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The arrest came days after Indian security officials said they had uncovered a…
Celebrations mark 25 years since Berlin Wall’s fall
Germany has kicked off celebrations marking 25 years since the epochal fall of the Berlin Wall, set to culminate in rock stars and freedom icons joining millions at an open-air party. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in communist East…
Growing tension at Al-Aqsa holy site
There have been disturbances in some parts of Jerusalem and surrounding areas in the occupied West Bank after Israeli police staged a huge security operation to prevent rioting after Friday prayers. The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists there are…
China and Japan smooth over East China Sea island row
China and Japan have agreed to try to reduce tensions over a disputed chain of islands in the East China Sea.
Bangladeshi lynched on other side of Comilla border
A Bangladeshi young man was beaten to death by Indian civilians along Katakbazar border in Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Ershad Hossain, 30, son of Ayat Ali of Aranyapur village in the upazila. This is the…
Dhaka sending JMB alerts for a year: Times of India
Deeptiman Tiwary, TNN New Delhi: Both the Centre and West Bengal government are currently working with great alacrity to neutralize the widespread network of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in the state and rest of the country. However, had the same alertness…
Canada ‘failing to prevent overseas mining abuses’
By Carey L. Biron Washington (IPS) – The Canadian government is failing either to investigate or to hold the country’s massive extractives sector accountable for rights abuses committed in Latin American countries, according to petitioners who testified here Tuesday before…
The Gangs of Iraq destroy opposition in name of ISIS
Tirana Hassan ERBIL, Iraq — Marauding pro-government militias are using the fight against the Islamic State as a pretext to destroy Sunni Arab communities across the country. Behind the relative safety of the large concrete blast walls, a Kurdish Peshmerga…