Tavella received three bullets from back
Dhaka: Deceased Italian citizen Cesare Tavella received three bullets during the shooting by unidentified assailants, said doctors. Assistant Professor Dr Kazi Mohammad Abu Shama, head of the forensic...
View ArticleKillings foreign nationals to destabilise the country: Kamal
Dhaka: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday said the killing of foreigners in Bangladesh is meant to stir instability in the country. However, the minister strongly ruled out any existence of...
View ArticleIndian intelligence rules out of IS link to Bangladesh foreigners killing
International Desk: Indian intelligence agencies, just like Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina, seem to discount the possibility of Islamic State’s involvement in the recent killings of an Italian and a...
View ArticleFirst US combat fatality on the ground reported in fight against IS
International desk – Western media have reported first US combat fatality on the ground in the fight against Islamic State in Iraq on Thursday. London Telegraph reported that an American soldier was...
View Article‘IS name was used to conceal the real killers’
Dhaka – The killers are believed to have used the name of Islamic State terrorists to conceal the real criminals responsible for the late September murder of Italian national Tavella Cesare in...
View ArticlePublisher, secular bloggers chopped, shot in Bangladesh capital
Dhaka – Unidentified assailants on Saturday shot and stabbed a publisher and two other secularist bloggers at a publishing house in Dhaka’s Lalmatia area. The attackers entered the office of Ahmedur...
View ArticleJamaat the mastermind of killings, says Kamal
Dhaka: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday reiterated that the country’s law and order situation is satisfactory. Claiming that attacks on bloggers and publishers are isolated and such...
View ArticleUS issues worldwide travel alerts
International desk – The United States has issued an unusual travel alerts for its citizens across the world in the wake of increased terrorist threats by various militant organisations. The State...
View ArticleBritish launches first air strikes on Syria
International Desk: British bombers made their first strikes on Syria on Thursday, just hours after parliament voted to target Islamic State targets in Syria, a government source said. Tornado bombers...
View ArticleIS claims credit of Bangladesh mosque bomb attack
Dhaka – Islamic State group has reportedly claimed the credit of attack on a minority Muslim sect’s mosque in northern Bangladesh that left the suspected bomber killed on the scene. US-based SITE...
View Article60 killed in Iraq suicide attack
International desk – At least 60 people were killed in a suicide attack with an explosive-laden truck on an Iraqi police checkpoint at the entrance of the city of Hilla in south Iraq. It is being...
View ArticleLatest attack leaves Hindu man dead in Bangladesh
Dhaka – A Hindu man was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in central Bangladeshi district of Tangail on Saturday, police said. The attacks came four days after two gay rights activist were...
View ArticleUS offers assistance to curb militancy in Bangladesh
Dhaka – The United States offered assistance to curb militancy in Bangladesh as the South Asian country experiences a wave of attacks by the suspected Islamist militants in the last couple of years....
View ArticleIS plans branch in Bangladesh, reports
Dhaka- A US-based policy institute has claimed the banned Islamic State, a radical Sunni Muslim group that controls areas of Iraq and Syria, will open its branch in Bangladesh, according to media...
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