Joint forces begin operation to flush out Myanmar insurgents in Bandarban
A joint-operation of Border Guard Bangladesh and armed forces began on Wednesday afternoon to flush out the Myanmar insurgents from Bangladesh territory at Bara Modak of Thanchi in Bandarban.
EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS : UK wants investigation
The British government on Tuesday stressed the need for proper investigation into the incidents of extrajudicial killings and bringing the perpetrators to justice.
French prosecutor: Suspected train attacker had 'terrorist intent'
It appears from information revealed Tuesday by a French prosecutor that the world owes much to the people who subdued a gunman on a Thalys train in France late last week. By jumping him and disarming him, they may have prevented a massacre of enormous proportions.
Protesters in western Nepal kill police with spears, axes
Protesters in western Nepal have killed at least seven police officers as violent clashes broke out over the country's proposals for a new constitution. Thousands of people had come out onto the streets in defiance Monday, encroaching a "prohibited zone" imposed by the administration since Friday.
Ukrainian filmmaker gets 20-year prison term in Russian military court
A military court in Russia sentenced a Ukrainian film director Tuesday to 20 years in prison for what the court said was terrorism.
Selima among 14 BNP leaders face arrest
A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued warrants for the arrest of 14 Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders, including its vice-chairman Selima Rahman, in an arson case filled with Khilgaon police station.
HC asks govt to explain why financial aid not given to Kalshi arson survivors
The High Court on Tuesday directed the government to explain in four weeks why it would not be asked to give adequate financial aid to the lone survivor Farzana of the arson attack to Kurmitola Bihari camp at Kalshi in the capital’s Pallabi area on June 14, 2014.
Obama tees up renewable energy, Iran
US president Barack Obama, fresh from vacation and nine rounds of golf in Martha’s Vineyard, launched into a busy two weeks promoting renewable energy and his nuclear deal with Iran.
BNP asks Inu to clarify Ganabahini’s role in Mujib killing
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday asked chief of a Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal faction and information minister Hasanul Haq Inu to clarify before the nation the role of himself, his party and Ganabahini in killing the country’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Court orders judicial probe into Arzu’s death in ’gunfight’
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday asked to initiate judicial inquiry into the killing of Bangladesh Chhatra League leader Arzu Mia by Rapid Action Battalion in a ‘gunfight’ at Hazaribagh in the city on August 18.
