Feds warn of ISIS threats to churches, holiday events
Federal authorities warned Friday that ISIS sympathizers "continue aspirational calls for attacks on holiday gatherings, including targeting churches."
Extremist-den unearthed in city
Police have unearthed an extremists’ den at Ashkona under Dakshin Khan police station in the city.
All elections under AL were fair, says PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said all the elections held under the Awami League government were free and fair, but BNP has no right to seek votes from people for indulging in corruption, looting and killings.
Draft education bill to allow guidebooks, coaching
The government has decided to allow guidebooks as education assistance materials and coaching as private supplementary tutoring or shadow education, as set out in the final draft of the Education Bill 2016.
BNP demands judicial probe into NCC polls results
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday demanded judicial investigation into the alleged ‘vote rigging’ in Narayanganj City Corporation polls, held first time with party symbols, on Thursday. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at a news briefing at the party’s central office raised the demand. He proposed for launching investigation into ‘ballot stamping’ ‘counting’ and publishing of ‘results’ of the NCC polls.
Uneasy calm prevails at Ashulia
An uneasy calm is prevailing at Jamgora and Nrisinghapur in Ashulia industrial belt as the workers of closed factories are on the run in fear of arrest over the cases filed by the factory authorities and the police.
US returns land it's controlled since WWII to Japan amid local anger
The US military will hand over 9,909 acres (4,000 hectares) of Okinawan land to Japan on Thursday in what's been lauded as the largest return of US-occupied land since 1972.
Berlin attack: Police hunt Tunisian suspect after finding ID papers
A manhunt is underway for a 24-year-old Tunisia native in connection with this week's Christmas market attack in Berlin -- a man German authorities say may be "violent and armed" and had been in contact with radical Islamist groups.
Indonesia elite police kill 3 suspects during terror raid
Members of Indonesia's elite anti-terrorism squad killed three terror suspects in a firefight during a raid Wednesday on a house south of the capital Jakarta, police said.
Israel ambassador to US: Move embassy to Jerusalem
Israeli ambassador to the US Ron Dermer called on the US to move its embassy to Jerusalem -- a campaign pledge President-elect Donald Trump has promised to make good on but that Palestinians are warning could derail any chances for peace.
