Orlando shooting: 50 killed, shooter pledged ISIS allegiance
An American-born man who'd pledged allegiance to ISIS gunned down 50 people early Sunday at a gay nightclub in Orlando, the deadliest mass shooting in the United States and the nation's worst terror attack since 9/11, authorities said.
Clinton targets Trump in first general election ad
The general election is here. Hillary Clinton's campaign will air their first general election television ad this week, targeting Donald Trump for comments about violence at his events and mocking a disabled New York Times reporter.
The real terror threat in America is homegrown
The mass killing in Orlando this weekend fits a grim pattern: Every lethal terrorist attack in the United States in the past decade and a half has been carried out by American citizens or legal permanent residents, operating either as lone wolves or in pairs, who have no formal connections or training from terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda or ISIS.
Man hurls explosive device at Shanghai airport, then attempts suicide
Four passengers were wounded after a man hurled an explosive device at a check-in counter at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport on Sunday afternoon, before attempting to kill himself.
Post-poll violence: Chairman, two others killed
Three more people including a newly elected chairman and a nonagenarian woman were killed on Sunday and Saturday night in post-poll violence in three districts as the maiden partisan elections to union parishads ended on June 4.
2 suspects remanded, IO changed over death of police officer’s wife
The Chittagong Metropolitan Police authorities changed the investigation officer of a case filed following the shoot-to-death of counter-militancy police officer Babul Akhter’s wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, for the IO’s ‘poor performance.’
Sans banking licence, DMCBL collects Tk 981cr, disburses loan
Bangladesh Bank is worried about the continued banking operation by The Dhaka Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd (DMCBL) which does not have central bank’s licence, as it has already collected Tk 981.05 crore from depositors and disbursed Tk 1,079.55 crore in loans.
Tonu rape, murder: 2nd autopsy not sure about rape
The second autopsy of murdered Comilla Victoria College girl Sohagi Jahan Tonu neither determined the cause of her death nor confirmed whether she was raped but found evidence of ‘intercourse’ before the death.
‘Anti-militant’ crackdown: 5,324 arrested in two days
Law enforcers arrested 5,324 people including 85 militancy suspects till 6:00am on Sunday in a weeklong ‘anti-militant’ special drive across the country that began Friday morning.
Analysis: Too soon to celebrate the demise of ISIS
Don't rejoice over claims that ISIS is on the ropes. The dark, poisonous soil that has given birth to tens of thousands of extremists in Iraq and beyond hasn't lost its fertility.
