By Baher Kamal ROME, (IPS) – “Xenophobic and racist rhetoric seems not only to be on the rise, but also to be becoming more socially and politically acceptable.” The warning has been heralded by the authoritative voice of Mogens Lykketoft,…
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Airport attackers from Russia, Central Asia, says official
Istanbul, (AP/UNB) – As the death toll from the Istanbul airport attack rose Thursday to 44, a senior Turkish official said the three suicide bombers who carried it out were from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, and Turkish police raided Istanbul…
AL office set afire in Jessore
Dhaka – Miscreants torched the Awami League office of Zirangachha ward and an office of a locally-based cooperative firm in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district early Tuesday, Unb news agency reported.
Bombings claimed by IS killed 43 in southern Yemen
Yemen, (AP/UNB) – An Islamic State affiliate carried out a series of attacks in Yemen’s southern port city of Mukalla on Monday, killing at least 43 people and wounding several others, officials said. The attacks came as the government and…
UNSC slams North Korea’s missile tests as ‘grave violation’
Security Council calls for member states to ‘redouble’ implementation efforts John Power The UN Security Council (UNSC) condemned North Korea’s latest back-to-back ballistic missile launcheson Thursday, vowing to ramp up the enforcement of existing sanctions designed to thwart its nuclear…
Fundamentalism a threat to peaceful assembly, association: UN
Dhaka – The phenomenon of fundamentalism is fueling growing intolerance worldwide, which poses a grave threat to the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Unb news agency reported. United Nations expert Maina Kiai said this at the…
Joe Biden campaigns for ban on assault weapons from civilian ownership
US Vice President Joe Biden in a message sent to people on Friday lent support to the campaign to ban assault weappons and high capacity magazines from cvilian ownership. He said, “Over the past few years, we’ve watched as new…
Boko Haram kills 18 at funeral in northeast Nigeria
A police official says Boko Haram extremists have killed 18 people at a funeral in northeast Nigeria.Police spokesman Othman Abubakar said Friday the number of dead could rise.Witnesses said the assailants shot at mourners after arriving on motorbikes in the…
Mass shooting casualties in the US
A total of 330 mass shootings were recorded in the United States in 2015, killing 367 and injuring another 1,318 people. And from year to year, this figures only rise. Thus, compared to the two previous years, 2015 appeared to…
AL’s blockade of Bandarban hill district to find abducted worker
Dhaka – A daylong transport blockade, enforced by the district unit of ruling Awami League party and its associate bodies demanding immediate release of an abducted party leader, is on amid huge outrage, Unb news agency reported.
Marseille clashes leave British fans in hospital
A number of British people are in hospital in France, the UK’s ambassador has said following a series of clashes between football fans in Marseille.Violence has broken out between England fans, rival supporters and police for three days in the…
Police official among 20 hurt in Gulistan hawker-trader clash
Dhaka – At least 20 people, including Deputy Commissioner of DMP (Motijheel Division) Anwar Hossain, were injured in a clash between hawkers and traders at Gulistan in the city on Friday afternoon. Police arrested around 150 people from the spot…
Debate on BD situation in EP Tuesday
The European Parliament (EP) will see a debate on Bangladesh situation on Tuesday. Among other issues, a debate on Bangladesh titled ‘Situation in Bangladesh’ will be held between 15:00-23:00 hours (Strasbourg time), said an official. Recent attacks on minority groups…
Never met Safadi: Joy
Trashing Israeli politician Mendi N Safadi’s claim that they had a meeting in Washington, Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said they met nowhere. In a Facebook post, Joy wrote: “I have never met Safadi, either in Washington or…
Donald Trump rally sparks clashes in San Diego
Supporters and opponents of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have clashed in the city of San Diego in California.Police declared a gathering outside the city’s convention centre unlawful and made 35 arrests, as stones and water bottles were thrown.Mr Trump…
Obama at Hiroshima: ‘Death fell from the sky’
Hiroshima (AP/UNB) — Barack Obama on Friday paid tribute to the 140,000 people killed by the world’s first atomic bomb attack and sought to bring global attention to his unfulfilled vision of a world without nuclear weapons, as he became…
BGB camp in CHT set afire as 2 killed in truck plunge at Dhangchhari
Dhaka – Two people were killed when a wood-laden truck fall into roadside ditch while speeding away defying signal of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Dhangchhari check post of Chandragona in Rangamati district on Thursday night. Local people set to…
French labour dispute: Nuclear power plant workers to join strike
Workers at French nuclear power stations are due to down tools on Thursday amid growing industrial action over controversial labour reforms.The CGT union said staff at 16 of France’s 19 nuclear plants had voted for a one-day strike.The government said…
S.Korea dismisses North Korea’s military dialogue proposal
Seoul strongly asserts denuclearization first, implying higher standard than the U.S. to start talks Ha-young Choi South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Monday morning replied to North Korea’s request for military talks by reiterating its denuclearization-first policy. The…
Afghan Taliban leader Mansour ‘killed’ in US air strike?
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has probably been killed in a US air strike, US officials say. He and another male combatant were targeted as they rode in a vehicle in a remote area of Pakistan close to the…
IS claims responsibility for homeopath killing
ISIS claimed responsibility for the hacking death of a Bangladeshi doctor killed by machete-wielding attackers. Homeopathy doctor Sanwar Rahman, 55, was in Kushtia district on his way to a medical center where he volunteered his services to the poor, according…
Inactive Bangladesh ‘militants’ trying to get reorganised: Minister
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday said inactive members of different militant groups are trying to be reorganised to carry out subversive acts, aiming to thwart the trial of war criminals, unb news agency reported. “They (militants)…
Arabs demand that UN remove a panel from Israeli exhibition
Arab and Islamic nations are demanding that the United Nations remove a panel from an Israeli exhibition that calls Jerusalem “the spiritual and physical capital of the Jewish people.” A letter from the Palestinian U.N. mission to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
Insurgents killed top military commander in Syria, says Hezbollah
Beirut (AP/UNB) – Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says its top military commander was killed in Syria by insurgents shelling. The group says the blast that killed Mustafa Badreddine near the Damascus International Airport was caused by artillery shelling by “takfiri”…
False N.Korean official execution report backfires on Seoul
Seoul’s political motive possibly behind the false report: South Korean researcher JH Ahn The South Korean government was bashed by local media for releasing a false execution report on North Korean high-ranking official Ri Yong Gil, who was revealed to…
Official: Iran won’t attend hajj in Saudi Arabia this year
Iran will not send pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year for the annual hajj pilgrimage, an Iranian official announced Thursday, the latest sign of tensions between the two Mideast powers after a disaster during the event last year killed at…
3 killed in Turkey bomb attack
Three people were killed Tuesday and 42 others wounded when a car bomb attack blamed on Kurdish militants struck a police vehicle in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, officials said.The armoured minibus was carrying detainees accused of “terror” crimes when…
War and peace and water
Laura Tuck Washington, DC – India is currently facing its worst water crisis in years, with an estimated 330 million people – one-quarter of its population – affected by severe drought. Ethiopia is also dealing with its worst drought in…
Journalists beaten in Sarail polling centre
Three journalists were injured in an attack allegedly by the supporters of the Awami League-backed chairman candidate while covering vote rigging at the Chunta AC Academy polling centre in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria on Saturday.Witnesses said the supporters of AL-backed…
Saudis threaten US with economic retaliation if 9/11 bill passed
Saudi Arabia has warned US officials that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars of American assets if a new bill is passed that could allow the Saudi government to be held accountable for the 9/11 terror attacks.…