Thailand’s military has ordered 35 more people, including prominent academics, to report to them by Saturday afternoon as the post-coup crackdown continues.
Category: Int’l relations
California drive-by gunman kills six in Santa Barbara
A gunman has killed six people in drive-by shootings near the Californian city of Santa Barbara, US police say.
Pope Francis to arrive in Jordan for Middle East visit
The Pope is due to arrive in Jordan at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East which will also take him to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Pope Francis will first travel to Amman, where he will…
Marcia new US Ambassador designate to Bangladesh
Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, currently Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Human Resources at the Department of State, will be the next US Ambassador to Bangladesh. Marcia will succeed incumbent Ambassador Dan W Mozena who has been serving in…
Thai army chief declares himself acting PM
Thai army chief and coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha has declared himself the acting prime minister until the new coup regime announced on Thursday can find someone to serve in the post full time. According to reports, the National Peace and…
Kejriwal’s custody extended until June 6
A Delhi court Friday extended the judicial custody of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal until June 6 in a defamation case. Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha extended Kejriwal’s judicial custody by 14 more days after he refused to furnish a…
Attack on Indian consulate in Herat
India’s security establishment and intelligence agencies suspect an ISI hand in the attack on the country’s consulate in Herat.”We have reasons to believe the Haqqani network is involved in the attack and they have strong rapport with the ISI. This…
Dhaka not to contest for UNSC membership
Bangladesh may not contest election the UN Security Council as Japan want to be a member of the UN body this time the US Global Post reported quoting the Japanese Kyodo news service. The news has been sourced to a…
B’desh sees Thai army takeover as internal matter
Bangladesh has described the army takeover in Thailand as their ‘internal affairs’ and refrained from making any comment. “It’s their internal affairs,” said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam after a function at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the…
PM urges entrepreneurs to export more processed fish
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the private entrepreneurs to go for more processed fish export, including shrimp, with value addition alongside exporting Halal meat and other items to grab the greater international market. “We’ve a great scope…
Thailand military seizes power in coup
Thailand’s military has announced it is taking control of the government and has suspended the constitution.
Attack in Xinjiang capital Urumqi kills 31
Attackers have crashed two cars into shoppers at a market in the Xinjiang capital, Urumqi, and thrown explosives, killing 31 people, Chinese reports say. One of the vehicles exploded in the attack, which happened on Thursday morning. More than 90…
Russia signs 30-year gas deal with China
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed a multi-billion dollar, 30-year gas deal with China.
More border markets planned by B‘desh, India
Agartala – Work for the setting up of the second of the four proposed ‘border haats’ (bazaars) along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura began Wednesday. The work for the first ‘border haat’ is on in southern Tripura’s bordering town Sabroom,…
No country should dominate Asia – Beijing: Dhaka wants peace
Shanghai – Chinese President Xi Jinping Wednesday called for cooperation in development and security in Asia, adding that “no country should dominate” the continent. He said this while addressing the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building-Measures in Asia (CICA) that…
Mistrust shrouds BD-Myanmar relations, seminar told
Speakers at an international seminar in the city on Wednesday said mistrust between Bangladesh and Myanmar is the main problem that stands in the way to strengthening the bilateral relation between the two neighbouring countries. They said there is no…
Thailand Army chief to meet key players
Thailand’s army chief is to hold talks with key players in the political crisis, a day after declaring martial law in the protest-hit nation. General Prayuth Chan-Ocha has asked to meet the government, the Senate speaker and the two main…
Qatar, Bangladesh join Asia security forum
Tokyo — Qatar and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed accession agreements to become new members of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), China’s state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported. Previously observers, the two countries bring to 26…
Modi may visit B’desh border, Wagah, Siachen, after becoming PM
After assuming office, Modi may visit the Wagah border, NJ 9842 in Siachen and Petrapole near Bangladesh to boost the armed forces morale. The Indian prime minister-designate Narendra Modi is planning a trip to India’s borders in the north after…
Modi for new department to fight ‘infiltration’
India’s next Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already told the home ministry to set up a new department to combat illegal migration from neighbouring countries like Bangladesh and Pakistan. Modi has told Home Secretary Anil Goswami to set up the…
Thai Acting PM wants army to act within constitution
Thailand’s acting PM has issued a plea for the army to act peacefully and within the constitution following its imposition of martial law.
Police – RAB hitch surfaces
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has sharply reacted to a news published on the police’s website about withdrawal of several members of the crime-bursting agency from duty. The news published on Monday morning on ‘DMP News’, operated by Dhaka Metropolitan Police,…
CIA withholding information on flight MH370, says Mahathir
Former Malaysia prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has accused the CIA and Boeing of ‘hiding’ information about the flight MH370, missing for more than two months now. In a post on his personal blog on Sunday, which has been widely reported…
China denounces US cyber-theft charges
China has denounced charges brought by the US against five army officers accused of economic cyber-espionage. Beijing said it had “never engaged or participated” in cyber theft and that the charges would damage co-operation between the two countries. China summoned…
Thailand army declares martial law
The Thai army says that it is imposing martial law amid a political crisis “to preserve law and order”. The surprise announcement also granted the army wide-ranging powers to enforce its decision. The military insisted that its assumption of responsibility…
Sonia, Rahul offer to resign, party rejects
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday offered to resign for the party’s worst performance in a general election, but the Congress Working Committee unanimously rejected it, senior leader Amarinder Singh said. “Sonia…
Legality of duty-free car import by MPs challenged
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday challenging the legality of duty-free import of cars by parliament members. Lawyer Yunus Ali Akand filed the writ petition with the HC in the morning. The HC bench of…
Narayanganj-5 by-poll June 26
The Election Commission has decided to hold bypoll at Narayanganj-5 parliamentary constituency on Jun 26. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed announced the schedule of the bypoll on Monday. The seat fell vacant after the death of Jatiya Party MP…
Putin orders troops back from Ukraine border
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops near Ukraine’s border to withdraw, the Kremlin says.
South Korea to break up coastguard after ferry disaster
South Korea plans to break up its coastguard in the wake of the ferry disaster in which more than 300 people died, says President Park Geun-hye. In a televised address, Ms Park apologised formally for the sinking. A new safety agency…