Dhaka – The United States Sunday offered expertise and technical supports to Bangladesh in its counter terrorism efforts as Washington reiterated its pledge to stay beside the government in the crucial juncture when the country faced a cowardly terrorist attack…
It was one of the worst moments of his life. The 32-year-old assistant cook at the Holey Artisan Bakery had never thought of returning to life. It was horrible, awful!
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday vowed that that she would be tough as much as needed to eradicate militancy from the country. “We’ll surely eradicate militancy and will be tough as much as needed,” she said. The Prime Minister…
Dhaka – US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal arrived here on Sunday morning on a two-day visit to discuss security issues with Bangladesh after the deadliest terrorist attack on a Dhaka café,…
The long awaited Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq War released Wednesday contains stinging indictments of Britain’s role in the U.S.-led invasion, detailing failures starting with the exaggerated threat posed by Saddam Hussein through the disastrous lack of post-invasion planning. An…
Dhaka – Diplomats stationed in Dhaka met in the city on Saturday to give farewell to three outgoing diplomats and informally ‘discussed’ Bangladesh’s current situation, UNB news agency reported. They shared their concerns over recent militant attacks on a Dhaka…
John G. Grisafi North Korea conducted a launch of a Pukkuksong-1 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off its east coast late Saturday morning, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported. The North launched a single Pukkuksong-1 SLBM (also known as the KN-11…
China has summoned US and South Korean envoys in a show of protest against their agreement on the deployment of a missile system on the Korean Peninsula, while Russia warns the two sides of “irreparable consequences.” On Friday, Chinese Foreign…
Dallas (AP) — Gunmen shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven others during a protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states, authorities said. It appeared to be the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said it is the responsibility of the international community to find out a way to resist terrorism and militancy if the evil menace is pampered by any quarter internationally UNB news agency…
Dhaka – Accusing the government of having failed to check repeated ‘terror attacks in the country, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday asked the government to quit handing over power to a neutral administration for holding a credible national election,…
Dhaka – At least four people, including two policemen, were killed and 10-15 others injured in bomb explosions followed by a volley of gunfire near the country’s largest Eid congregation at Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.…
The long awaited report of the inquiry into Britain’s role in the US-led Iraq War, released in London early Wednesday questioning the basis of the war that was launched before peaceful options exhausted. John Chilcot, chairman of the British inquiry…
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Wednesday asked police to submit by August 24 the investigation report it in connection with the Gulshan café attack that left 22 people killed apart from six attackers.
Sundarbans, a World Heritage site in Bangladesh faces destruction if a proposed coal plant is built adjacent to it Petitioners ask that the Sundarbans are included by UNESCO in the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger Paris – A…
Dhaka – A Japanese government aircraft carrying the bodies of seven Japanese victims of the terrorist attack at Holey Artisan Bakery reached home on Tuesday morning, UNB news agency reported. The victims’ relatives who came to receive the bodies of…
The suicide bomb attacks near the Madinah Masjid-e-Nababi mosque and in Jeddah have created serious concern among the Muslims in Bangladesh as many of their compatriots are now performing the Umrah at the holy sites, and tens of thousands others…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid homage to Gulshan attack victims at Army Stadium in Banani in the capital. The Prime Minister paid tributes by placing wreaths on the coffins of the victims at 10:03am.
Dhaka – At least five people were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a passenger launch and a steamer in the Kirtankhola River at Charbaria in Sadar upazila of Barisal early Monday, UNB news agency reported. The…
Dhaka-Outraged by the terrorist attack, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said they intend to continue to take all possible preparations to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens both at home and abroad.
Dhaka-Outraged by the terrorist attack, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said they intend to continue to take all possible preparations to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens both at home and abroad.
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said here today that the Islamic State (IS) was not involved in the Spanish bakery at Gulshan on Friday last.
SITE Intelligence Group has published photos of five persons, reported to be the attackers who killed at least 20 hostages – mostly foreigners – in a Dhaka cafe. SITE, which studies terrorist activities, released the photos on its Twitter account…
Dhaka – Bangladesh needs to have a national unity shunning the blame game to fight back and combat the menace, said a renowned global analyst. “There should be a national unity to fight back. Blame game or political point scoring…
Dhaka – The Italian government has said nine of its citizens have been identified among the dead from Friday’s attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Gulshan, UNB news agency reported. Additionally, a body in the CMH morgue that…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday came down heavily on private television channels for their ’irresponsible attitude’ while covering the Gulshan restaurant attack and rescue operation, UNB news agency reported. “I’ll ask them to be careful in the…
Dhaka – Security forces completed their commando drive and rescued hostages from a restaurant at the Gulshan diplomatic zone in the capital Dhaka at around 9.30am on Saturday bringing an end to a nerve-racking situation within 12 hours, UNB news agency…
Dhaka – Around 7.30am on Saturday, following a relatively quiet night interrupted only by a small burst of gunfire and sound grenades that accompanied the Fajr call to prayer, the army-led joint operation to storm Holy’s Artisan Bakery got underway…
Court overturns result of election in which Alexander Van der Bellen narrowly beat far-right candidate Norbert Hofer Austria’s Freedom party will get another go at providing the first far-right president in the European Union, after the country’s constitutional court annulled…
Dhaka – Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, Thursday published a report over the violation of human rights of the country. The report said at least seventy nine people were killed in police custody…