Ansar Al Islam claims killing, attack on publishers, bloggers
Ansar Al Islam claimed the responsibility of killing and attack on the publishers of slain writer Avijit Roy and others on Saturday…
Archive for October 31st, 2015
11 killed as Pakistanis vote in local government polls
Eleven people were killed when rival political parties fired on each other on Saturday as Pakistanis voted in local elections seen as a referendum on the national government halfway through its term…
Publishers demand exemplary punishment of Faisal killers
Publisher’s guild Academic and Creative Publishers Association of Bangladesh demanded exemplary punishment of killers of Faisal Arefin Dipan…
IS claims responsibility for Russian plane crash in Egypt
A militant group affiliated to Islamic State in Egypt claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Saturday…
All 224 passengers killed as Russian airliner crashes in Sinai
A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Saturday after losing radar contact and plummeting from its cruising altitude, killing all aboard…
Avijit’s publisher Faisal killed, 3 others hacked
Unidentified attackers killed a publisher of slain writer Avijit Roy and hacked another one along with two other writers storming into the offices of the publishing houses at Shahbagh and Lalmatia in Dhaka on Saturday…
Non-MPO teachers continue fast-unto-death
Non-MPO teachers continued their fast-unto-death for the second day on Saturday in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka demanding inclusion of their educational institutions in the monthly pay order facilities…
Shamsher left politics under govt pressure: Nazrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Saturday said the party vice-chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury left politics in the face of government’s pressure…
2 Shibir men held with 101 crude bombs
Police in separate drives arrested two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami along with 101 crude bombs and two pipe guns from different parts of Fenchuganj in Sylhet on Saturday…
Chhatra League infighting leaves 2 bullet-hit
A pedestrian and an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League were bullet-injured in a clash between its two factions over establishing supremacy in Balutupa area of Comilla city on Friday night…
17 killed in building collapse in China
A two-story building collapsed into rubble while workers were trying to prop up the second floor during renovations in central China, killing 17 construction workers and injuring 23, officials and reports said Saturday…
South Sudan rebels free 18 Bangladeshi peacekeepers
South Sudan rebels on Thursday released 18 Bangladeshi peacekeepers they had taken captive, but were still holding 12 UN contractors seized along with them on the Nile River…
US doctor convicted of murder by over-prescription
A Los Angeles-area doctor was found guilty on Friday of three counts of murder for over-prescribing drugs that caused a fatal overdose in patients, in a case that prosecutors said marked the first such conviction in the United States…
Black Lives Matter activists disrupt Hillary rally
Black Lives Matter activists have interrupted Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton in South Carolina as she began a speech about reforming the criminal justice system…
10kg ‘cocaine’ recovered at India-Bangladesh border
Indian Border Security Force seized 10 kilograms of cocaine from a truck coming from Bangladesh at a village on India-Bangladesh border in Indian state of West Bengal…
Heat-triggered ‘grenades’ hit cancer
Scientists have designed microscopic ‘grenades’ that can explode their cancer-killing payload in tumours. The team will present its findings at the National Cancer Research Institute conference next week…
Obama to send special forces to fight IS
The US is sending special forces to Syria to assist anti-government rebels in fighting the so-called Islamic State…
Americans rush to surrender passports
A record 1,426 Americans gave up their citizenship in the third quarter, according to new government data. That puts the number of Americans who have renounced their citizenship at a whopping 3,221 so far this year. In 2014, a record 3,415 Americans gave up their passports, according to government data analyzed by CNNMoney. An increasing number of Americans are bidding […]
Bucharest nightclub fire leaves 27 dead
At least 27 people have been killed after fire broke out at a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest…
Shut down Sunderbans waterways
Yet another committee has recommended shutting down Sunderbans waterways for cargo vessels to protect biodiversity of the world’s largest mangrove forest as the shipping ministry continues to ignore previous recommendations and concerns of the United Nations and environmentalists…
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