NZ mosque attacker’s profile
A one-time gym trainer from rural Australia who became steeped in neo-fascist ideology during travels in Europe, Brenton Tarrant described himself as an ‘ordinary white man’ - until he became anything but ordinary.
3 Bangladeshis still missing, more deaths feared
Three Bangladeshi victims of terror attacks in two mosques at Christchurch in New Zealand were missing till Saturday afternoon as the incident left 49 people including two Bangladeshis dead and scores injured, Bangladesh authorities said.
Ex-ambassador Maroof Zaman returns after 467-day disappearance
Former ambassador M Maroof Zaman reportedly returned home early Saturday after 467 days of enforced disappearance, the family said.
PM asks DUCSU leaders to maintain peaceful atmosphere on campus
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the newly-elected leaders of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union to maintain a peaceful atmosphere on the campus, saying that her government wanted to further develop the country by utilising the talents of the youth.
NZ mosque massacre kills 49
A ‘right-wing extremist’ armed with semi-automatic weapons rampaged through two mosques in the quiet New Zealand city of Christchurch during afternoon prayers Friday, killing 49 worshippers and wounding dozens more.
Students break hunger strike, Nurul to visit Ganabhaban today
Dhaka University students broke their hunger strike on the fourth day, Friday night, as the university authorities assured them of hearing their demand for re-elections to the Dhaka University Central Students Union and resignation of people engaged in conducting the March 11 elections.
Dhaka, Cox’s Bazar police alerted after New Zealand attack
The police on Friday alerted their units in Cox’s Bazar and tightened checkpoints in the capital’s Gulshan and Baridhara diplomatic areas after the extremist attack in mosques in New Zealand that left at least 49 people, including three Bangladeshis, killed.
Newly-elected DUCSU leaders to meet PM today
The newly-elected leaders of Dhaka University Central Students Union and hall unions would call on prime minister Sheikh Hasina today.
Nigeria school bulding collapses, 100 feared trapped
An unknown number of people died and up to 100 children were among those feared trapped after a four-storey building containing a primary school collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Wednesday.
UK MPs to vote on no-deal Brexit
Britain’s Brexit crisis deepened on Wednesday as business leaders warned the country was ‘staring down the precipice’ after MPs overwhelmingly rejected a draft divorce agreement.
