Police officer shot and killed in Kansas City, Kansas
A police officer in Kansas City, Kansas, who was shot Tuesday while chasing suspects allegedly involved in a drive-by shooting, has died, police Chief Terry Zeigler said.
U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria kill civilians, groups say
A U.S- led coalition in Syria has killed more than 100 civilians since June and wounded dozens more in airstrikes in and around the ISIS-controlled city of Manbij, according to several human rights groups.
Wage social movement against terrorism: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged all to wage a social movement against terrorism and militancy to supplement government’s efforts to eradicate this social menace from the country.
BB asks banks to be more vigilant to check terror financing
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked the scheduled banks to comply with the anti-money laundering rules and regulations properly to tackle terror financing.
30 arrested in anti-militancy drive
At least 30 people, many of them leaders and activists of Jamaat and its student wing Islami Chattra Shibir, were arrested in Dhaka and other districts in anti-militant drives on Tuesday.
Japan, Belgium become $1-billion export markets, US $6-billion
Bangladesh got Japan and Belgium as its two new billion-dollar export markets in the just concluded financial year 2015-16, riding on a moderate growth in the readymade garment export.
Thousands marooned by flood
Thousands of people living in different chars and low-lying areas in the country’s northern districts were marooned by floods caused by the on-rush of water from India.
Tourists die in Taiwan tour bus blaze
At least 26 people have been killed in a tour bus fire after it crashed into a guardrail on a highway near Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan's official news agency reported. Of the dead, 24 were tourists from China.
Turkey's President Erdogan won't rule out death penalty
Turkey's President refuses to rule out the death penalty for thousands of people arrested after a failed military coup Friday, despite warnings that reintroducing capital punishment could dash Turkey's chances of joining the European Union.
Family's search ends in grief as more Nice victims ID'd
For two days after the attack, Aldjia Bouzaouit's family walked up and down the Promenade des Anglais holding her photograph, desperately asking passers-by if they had seen her.
