Diplomats call for higher security
Chiefs of the foreign missions in Bangladesh asked the government for additional security on Tuesday following the recent killings of an Italian and Japanese national in the country. ‘We talked about additional security measures everywhere,’ British high commissioner in Dhaka Robert Gibson told reporters after a government briefing for diplomats.
FOREIGNER KILLINGS: Rangpur BNP leader remanded in custody for
A Rangpur Court on Tuesday remanded two people including a local Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader in police custody for interrogation in connection with the killing of Japanese national Hoshi Kunio, while a Japanese investigation team visited the spot where he was shot dead on Saturday.
Medical admission seekers call for strike at public universities
Medical and dental college admission seekers on Monday called for student strike in all public universities and medical colleges for Wednesday, demanding a fresh test for enrolling students in the MBBS and BDS courses and scraping the recently held test and ongoing admission process.
FOREIGNERS KILLING : Japanese team joining hands in investigation
Investigators on Monday said that two foreigners were killed in Dhaka and Rangpur in less than a week by the same entity but different assailants.
SCHOOLBOY SHOOTING : Action ordered against MP on the run
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Monday ordered law enforcement agencies for actions against ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton for shooting a nine-year-old schoolboy at Sundarganj in Gaibandha on October 2.
Cricketer Shahadat sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Monday sent national cricketer Kazi Shahadat Hossain to jail rejecting his bail prayer in a case filed in connection with torture of his domestic help. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Mohammad Yusuf Hossain passed the order in the afternoon.
Govt was informed about security threats: Bernicat
The US ambassador to Bangladesh, Marcia Bernicat, said on Monday that the government was informed about the security threats to foreigners.
Yet another foreigner shot to death
A Japanese national was shot dead by assailants near his farmhouse in Rangpur Saturday morning less than a week of the killing of another foreign national in Dhaka, prompting police to issue a fresh alert across the country to keep foreign nationals safe.
Japan, SK citizens asked to move cautiously in Bangladesh
Japan and South Korea in separate advisories on Saturday alerted their citizens to exercise utmost security precaution in their movements anywhere in Bangladesh. The two embassies issued the advisories within hours of a Japanese citizen being shot and killed by three unknown assailants in Rangpur Saturday morning.
Foreigners’ killings part of conspiracy against country: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday said that the killings of foreigners in Bangladesh were pre-planned and parts of a conspiracy to stop the advancement of Bangladesh and tarnish the country’s image abroad creating unrest in the country.
