IS suspect arrested over suicide attack at Taylor Swift concert
A 19-year-old Islamic State sympathiser planned a suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna designed to kill many people, the country鈥檚 intelligence agency said on Thursday...
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Mass resistance brings drop in attacks on minorities
Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council on Wednesday reported a dramatic drop in the number of attacks on minorities amid a spontaneous resistance put up by people against minority repression...
Political parties protest at sectarian attacks, vandalism
Leaders of different political parties on Wednesday welcoming the victory of students鈥檓ovements called on the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to stop countrywide political and sectarian attacks on religious minorities and vandalisms...
7 US soldiers injured in Iraq attack
A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded seven Americans, a US official said on Tuesday, with Washington blaming an Iran-backed militia group and saying such violence will not be tolerated...
ICCB for ensuring safety of production units
The International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh on Wednesday said that it wanted immediate restoration of law and order and safety of production units amid reports of violence and arson attacks on factories in the past two days following the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
City residents worried amid absence of law enforcers
The near absence of law enforcement agencies in the capital amid killings, arson attacks and mass looting of key establishments following Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 fall on Monday has sparked widespread fear among residents...
US warns against 鈥榯errorist attacks鈥� on public places in Bangladesh
The United States embassy in Dhaka has warned against possibility of 鈥榯errorist attacks鈥� on government facilities, places of worship, school campuses and markets in Bangladesh...
Russia says fighting off Ukrainian border attack
Russia said Tuesday it was holding off Ukrainian troops, tanks and armoured vehicles trying to break across the border into its Kursk region, the latest in several such attempted incursions throughout the conflict...
Venezuela: attempted coup by any other name
ONCE again, as in 2002, Venezuela has been the victim of a combined media and diplomatic coup attempt, but this time with the added element of organised crime and a cyber-attack...
Ganatantra Mancha expresses concern over sectarian attacks
Leaders of the Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, on Tuesday expressed concern over confrontational politics and countrywide sectarian attacks on religious minorities after fall of Sheikh Hasina government on Monday...
Writers condemn attacks on protesters, demand punishment of attackers
Thirty writers on Saturday issued a statement expressing condemnation over the attack on the quota reform movement protesters and demanding exemplary punishment of those responsible involved in the attacks...
Houses of edu minister, CCC mayor, BNP leaders in Ctg come under attack 聽
Home of education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury came under attack in the port city on Saturday evening during the ongoing student protests demanding justice for killings of people and students as well as an end to harassment and arrests of protesters...
Father dies of heart attack after police arrest son
A man died of a heart attack a few minutes after the police arrested his son on Tuesday...
Govt should restrain Chhatra League, heed students鈥� demands
ATTACKS by the Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, on protesting students again at Barishal University on July 29 are deplorable. The attacks left at least 15 injured, nine of whom had to be sent to hospital. It was Chhatra League attacks on protesters on July 15 that forced a peaceful student movement into violence...
UK police question teen suspect after deadly knife attack
UK police questioned a 17-year-old suspect arrested after a 鈥榝erocious鈥� knife attack which killed two children and critically injured eight others on Tuesday.
Trump, Harris hone attack lines
Donald Trump labeled vice president Kamala Harris a 鈥榗razy liberal,鈥� while she vowed to prevail over his 鈥榳ild lies鈥� as both laid out presidential campaign attack lines Saturday with just 100 days left until election day...
30 killed in Gaza school strike
An Israeli strike on a school killed 30 people on Saturday, after a days-long military operation further south left around 170 dead, according to emergency services...
Expose perpetrators, bring them to justice: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said BNP, Jamaat and Shibir carried out acts of vandalism nationwide to undermine the country鈥檚 development and tarnish its image abroad.
JU teacher resigns protesting at attack on students
An associate professor of Jahangirnagar University has resigned from his position protesting at 鈥榖rutal attacks鈥� on students by the government...
Judicial commission seeks info of July 5-16 violence
The judicial inquiry commission on Wednesday requested the people to provide information by August 6 about 鈥榲iolence, arson attacks, looting and criminal activities鈥� that took place across the country in between July 5-16 during the students鈥� quota reform movement...
Killings and repression must stop
ON JUNE 5, a High Court bench declared illegal a government circular issued in 2018, which abolished the 30 per cent quota for the dependents of the freedom fighters. In protest, students from all institutions 鈥� schools to universities 鈥� started a non-violent movement, which was made violent by the attack on the protesters by the Chhatra League and the police...
Attacks on Bangladesh student protesters unacceptable: UN HR chief
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday he was deeply concerned by this week鈥檚 violence in Bangladesh, calling the attacks on student protesters 鈥榮hocking and unacceptable鈥�...
50 BCL leaders resign for attacks on quota protesters
Over 50 activists of the ruling Awami League鈥檚 student wing, the Bangladesh Chhatra League, have stepped down from their posts following attacks on quota protests that started on Monday...
Attacks on聽quota protesters condemned
Several political parties on Monday condemned attacks on quota protesters allegedly by the ruling Awami League-backed student organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League at...
Indian soldier killed in Manipur attack
A Central Reserve Police Force jawan was killed in a gun attack by suspected militants at Mongbung village in Manipur鈥檚 Jiribam district on Sunday morning, police said...
Protests at attack on Miranzilla colony spread
Sweeper community members, different socio-political, religious and cultural organisations and rights groups on Saturday protested against recent attack on Miranzilla Harijan Sweeper Colony in Old Dhaka鈥檚 Bangshal area through protest rallies and processions, demanding exemplary punishment for those involved...
Three women killed in UK crossbow attack聽
British police were searching on Wednesday for a suspect who may have a crossbow after three women were killed in what police believe was a 鈥榯argeted鈥� attack...
20 killed in Russian missile attack in Ukraine, Kyiv children鈥檚 hospital gutted
Russia launched dozens of missiles at cities across Ukraine on Monday in an attack that killed at least 20 people people and smashed into a children鈥檚 hospital in Kyiv, officials said...
Suspected jihadist attack in Mali kills over 20 civilians
An attack blamed on jihadists in central Mali killed over 20 civilians on Monday, two local officials said, in the latest killings in the troubled Sahel region....
Holey Artisan attack victims commemorated
Foreign envoys to Bangladesh, the ambassadors of Italy, the United States and Japan and the high commissioner of India among them, along with the Bangladesh foreign secretary paid tributes to the victims killed in the Holey Artisan attack in Gulshan in the capital eight years ago...