Dozens of Taliban fighters were stranded on a river island on the border between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan on Saturday after fleeing army troops led by the Afghan vice-president, the government said, though the Taliban denied they were stuck…
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday said that Bangladesh would continue to do its part in promoting a culture of peace and non-violence and uphold a policy of zero tolerance for all forms of terrorism and violent extremism…
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Saturday formed a three-member probe committee to investigate bomb blasts at a gathering of Shia Muslims at Hussaini Dalan in the Old Dhaka on early Saturday…
The United States and the United Kingdom on Saturday expressed shock at the attack on a Ashura gathering of Shia Muslims at Hussaini Dalan in the old part of the city, while the UK and Australia, meanwhile, updated their travel advisories for their citizens in Bangladesh…
A metropolitan magistrate in Dhaka on Saturday remanded Masud Rana, accused in the murder case of Darussalam police station assistant sub-inspector Ibrahim Mollah, in police custody for seven days for interrogation…
United States-based SITE Intelligence Group claimed that Islamic State claimed responsibility for bomb blasts at Hussaini Dalan in Dhaka on early Saturday…
Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania are ready to close their borders if Germany and Austria close theirs to stop refugees coming in, Bulgarian prime minister Boiko Borisov said on Saturday…
The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), was observed in the country amid deadly blasts targeting a gathering of the Shia Muslim communities…
Strongly denouncing the bomb blasts at Husaini Dalan in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday demanded a fair and neutral investigation into the incident…
Police rescued three people, including a former union parishad member, from a forest in Ramu of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday morning, nearly 24 hours after their abduction by an armed gang…
The minister for home affairs, Asaduzzaman Khan, requested the Shia Muslim communities to finish all formalities of tazia march and gathering by 5:00pm on Saturday to avoid any untoward incident…
US ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat on Saturday expressed shock at the ‘senseless attack’ on a gathering of Shia Muslims in Dhaka…
A suspected robber was killed after police opened fire on a gang at the Launch Ghat area of Faridpur town Friday night…
The inspector general of police, AKM Shahidul Hoque, said on Saturday they arrested a man and took him to custody in connection…
A man was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League over establishing dominance at Gangarampur village in Salikha of Magura on Saturday morning…
Hurricane Patricia, one of the most powerful storms on record, struck Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday with destructive winds that tore down trees, moved cars and forced thousands of people…
Two suicide bombers struck at city mosques in northeast Nigeria on Friday, killing at least 42 people and wounding more than 100…
A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite religious procession in the southern Pakistan city of Jacobabad on Friday, killing at least 18 people and wounding 35 others…
A teenage boy was killed and scores others were injured, some of them badly, in a series of deadly blasts targeting a gathering of Shia Muslims at Hussaini Dalan in Dhaka early Saturday…
The food ministry has amended specifications for wheat import to ‘check procurement of substandard foodgrain’ from foreign countries amidst widespread criticism against import of low-quality wheat…
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