MP Liton gets interim bail in boy shooting case
A court here on Tuesday granted interim bail until December 8 to Manjurul Islam Liton, Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, in a case filed for shooting a minor boy.
No IS in Bangladesh
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday reiterated that there is no existence of militant organisation Islamic State in Bangladesh.
Religious forum leader hacked
Assailants wielding machetes attacked the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council’s Faridpur district secretary general Aalak Sen in front his house Tuesday afternoon. The religious minority leader was admitted to the Faridpur Medical College Hospital with injuries on hands and legs.
PM for reopening roads thru frontier with India
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangladesh wants to reopen the frontier roads connecting India which remained closed since 1965 India-Pakistan war, aiming to further strengthen connectivity.
234 municipalities to go to polls on Dec 30
Out of the country’s 323 municipalities 234 would go to polls on December 30, chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad announced Tuesday. He announced the schedule for the civic polls at a news briefing at the Election Commission’s media centre.
Paris attacks: Possible suicide vest found
Security forces sealed off streets in a Paris suburb Monday and a bomb squad headed to the scene after investigators found a possible suicide vest in a garbage can.
After a French tragedy, an ugly fight in America
An ugly week in politics turned the tragedy of Paris into a raging domestic quarrel as many of America's leaders struggled to prove they were equal to a terrifying moment.
Syria exclusive: Kurdish forces dig in just outside ISIS headquarters in Raqqa
When Bahoz heard the blasts, he guessed they must have come from French jets. There were 14 of them, all around the time that President Francois Hollande said France had started bombing Raqqa.
Drunk Russian sailor crashes 7,000-ton ship into Scotland -- at full speed
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?Don't put him in charge of a 7,000-ton, 423-foot (129-meter) cargo ship, for starters.
Moroccan woman mistaken for Paris jihadi: I live in continuous fear
Nabila Bakkatha was surprised to find photos of her published in a number of international newspapers last week.
