Jamaat’s hartal largely ignored
The countrywide general strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting at the Supreme Court verdict that upheld the death penalty of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed was ignored largely across the country on Thursday.
2 killed, 8 held after France raid, but ringleader's status still unknown
French authorities took the offensive Wednesday, raiding a purported hideout of the ringleader in last week's deadly Paris attacks in an operation that ended with eight detained, two dead and potentially more bloodshed thwarted.
#JeSuisChien: French police dog dies in Saint-Denis raid
An early-morning police operation in the suburbs of Paris turned violent as gunfire and explosions rang out in the area of Saint-Denis.
Paris attacks at a glance: Wednesday's developments
A suicide bomber blew herself up and a police sniper took out a second terror suspect after authorities stormed two apartments and a church Wednesday in the northern Parisian suburb where one of last week's deadly terrorist attacks took place.
Police: Suicide bombers, one of them 11, target Nigeria market
Two bomb attacks in 24 hours -- one of them involving an 11-year-old female suicide bomber -- killed dozens of people and wounded more than 120 others in the Nigerian cities of Yola and Kano, authorities said.
PM seeks people’s help to capture criminals, militants
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday called upon the people to help the government and law enforcement agencies to capture those involved in criminal activities and militant acts.
Death sentence upheld
The Appellate Division on Wednesday dismissed the review petitions of war crimes death row inmates Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.
Jamaat calls countrywide shutdown today
Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown for Thursday protesting at the Supreme Court verdict that upheld the death penalty of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed.
Another Italian national shot at
Unnamed assailants shot at an Italian missionary working in the country’s northern district Dinajpur on Wednesday morning.
Make financial inclusion a reality for poor : Queen Maxima
Dutch Queeen Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti on Wednesday stressed the need for enacting a national strategy with a clear target for making financial inclusion a reality in Bangladesh for the poor people in general, and rural people and women in particular.
