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Israeli forces kill 4 more aid seekers

Israeli forces killed four aid seekers traveling on Sunday through a military zone south of Gaza City — an area regularly used by Palestinians trying to reach a food distribution point, a hospital and witnesses said...

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35 killed DR Congo rebel attack

At least 35 people were killed Sunday in an attack by Allied Democratic Forces rebels in northeastern DR Congo, ending a months-long period of regional calm, local sources said...

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ACC asked to freeze bank accounts of ex-DGFI chief Hamidul

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze four bank accounts of former director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Major General (retired) Hamidul Hoque over allegations of corruption...

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Israeli forces kill 69 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 69 people on Thursday, including 15 in a strike on a school sheltering Palestinians displaced by the war nearing its 22nd month...

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21 killed in Gaza as UN slams US-backed aid system

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed another 21 people waiting for aid in the Palestinian territory on Tuesday, as rights groups and UN agencies slammed the US-backed system for distributing food there...

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600 evacuated as Myanmar military fights anti-coup forces

Hundreds of Myanmar families were being uprooted from their homes on Saturday, a community organiser said, piling their belongings onto evacuation convoys to escape fighting between the military and anti-coup guerrillas...

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India’s push-in strategy

DESPITE deep ties between Bangladesh and India in the geopolitical landscape of South Asia, India’s approach to border management has often been aggressive, escalating tensions with its neighbours. Recently, a complex diplomatic conflict has emerged over ‘push-in’ incidents along the India-Bangladesh border, where Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) have been...

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De facto occupation: Israel’s security zone strategy

IN RECENT months, the Israeli Defence Forces have been much taken by a term that augurs poorly for peaceful accord in the Middle East. ‘Security zones’ are being seized in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria. Land is, for claimed reasons of self-defence, being appropriated with brazen assuredness. It is hard, however, to see this latest turn as anything other than a de...

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341 held in joint operations from Mar 27 to Apr 2

Joint forces have arrested 341 people, including listed criminals, extortionists, fugitive accused of different cases, robbers, juvenile gang members and drug peddlers in different joint operations between March 27 and April 2.

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Indian forces kill 30 Maoists

Indian forces killed at least 30 Maoist rebels on Thursday in one of the deadliest jungle clashes since the government ramped up efforts to crush the long-running insurgency...

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RSF attacks kill 50 in Khartoum in one week

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed at least 50 people in Khartoum during the past week, rescuers said Wednesday, as fighting with the army for control of the capital intensifies...

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1,690 held as patrol intensifies amid rampant crimes

The police, joint forces, Rapid Action Battalion, Border Guard Bangladesh and Armed Police Battalion intensified patrolling and setting up more checkpoints across the country on Wednesday to curb crimes...

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Walls close in on Zelensky

Outgunned Ukrainian forces have slowly lost territory to Russian troops over recent weeks. But in the capital Kyiv, the ground is shifting rapidly beneath president Volodymyr Zelensky’s feet...

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OPERATION DEVIL HUNT: 566 more people arrested

Law enforcement agencies and security forces on Thursday arrested 1,665 people, including 566 in the Operation Devil Hunt aimed at restoring the deteriorated law and order situation...

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Enforced disappearances must never happen

THE horror of the secret detention centres that law enforcement and security forces ran and kept victims of enforced disappearances for months and years during the Awami League regime, toppled in a mass uprising on August 5, 2024, was evident even after modifications were made to the centres. While media reports and the report of the commission of inquiry on...

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OPERATION DEVIL HUNT: 591 more people arrested

Law enforcement agencies and security forces on Wednesday arrested 1,686 people, including 591 in the Operation Devil Hunt aimed at restoring the deteriorated law and order situation...

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Use armed forces just for legitimate defence: Pope

Armed forces must only be used as legitimate defence, never to dominate another country, a breathless Pope Francis said on Sunday, presiding over an outdoor mass despite a bout of bronchitis...

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Operation Devil Hunt launched to curb crimes 

The government on Saturday launched ‘Operation devil hunt’ to be conducted by the joint forces across the country in a bid to restore deteriorating law and order, bringing the perpetrators of violent crimes to justice.

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BGB-BSF talks in Feb 17-20

Border forces of Bangladesh and India are set to hold a director general-level meeting in New Delhi of India from February 17 to 20 amid tensions between the two neighbours over border fencing at several points by India’s Border Security Force...