ISIS releases video claiming beheadings of Egyptian Coptic Christians.
In a new propaganda video released Sunday by ISIS, the group claims to have beheaded over a dozen members of Egypt's Coptic Christian minority on a Libyan beach.The video shows an apparent mass execution with jihadists in black standing behind each of the victims, who are all.....
PM doubts if Khaleda would accept dialogue.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said in parliament that the initiative to start a dialogue would encourage the terrorists and militant activities sponsored by the BNP-led alliance across the country in the name of movement.
Violence marks blockade, hartal BNP activist shot dead in Magura, miscreants set fire to train in Narayanganj.
Another opposition activist was killed in police firing in Magura as blockade and general strike intensified with vandalism, crude bomb blasts and presence of pickets in the streets in the capital as elsewhere across the country on Sunday, the first day of 72-hour general strike and 41st day of transport blockade.
Get united against BNP-Jamaat barbarism: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called upon each of the country’s patriotic citizens to get united against the barbarism and cruelties being unleashed by the BNP-Jamaat clique in their bid to push the country backwards.
Khaleda starving, says Selima
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, is abstaining from taking food protesting at the authorities’ obstruction to food supply for her office staff and party leaders staying with her, said the party vice-chairman Selima Rahman on Sunday.
Ukraine crisis: Ceasefire takes effect in the east
A ceasefire between Ukraine's army and pro-Russian rebels in the east has come into effect, though sporadic shelling was reported in some places.
Copenhagen shootings: Police kill man 'who opened fire'
Police in Copenhagen say they have shot dead a man who opened fire on them close to the sites of two earlier attacks in the Danish capital.
India, Pakistan set for blockbuster
Cricket’s version of a gladiatorial streetfight will play out today when defending champions India take on arch-rivals Pakistan in a high-voltage World Cup clash at the Adelaide Oval.
20-party’s fresh 72-hr hartal gets underway
Another spell of 72-hour nationwide hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance alongside its ongoing countrywide indefinite transport blockade, began Sunday without any major incidents, as of writing of this report at 9:30am, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Businessmen warn of tougher course against hartal-blockade
Business leaders on Saturday urged the main political parties to end the current political crisis by working out a consensus immediately, otherwise, they cautioned, overall economic activities would be paralysed and the situation would become unbearable to the nation.
