Robbery suspect killed as crude bomb explodes in hand
A suspected robber was killed on Saturday when a cocktail exploded in his hand during an attempted robbery on engine-run trawlers on the River Meghna at Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj...
Tags : bomb
Hiroshima marks 80 years as US-Russia nuclear tensions rise
Japan marked 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors unleashed, as sabre-rattling between the United States and Russia keeps the nuclear 鈥楧oomsday Clock鈥� close to midnight...
From Easter justice to wider justice
THERE has long been speculation that the Easter bombing of April 2019 had a relationship to Sri Lankan politics. The near simultaneous bombings of three Christian churches and three luxury hotels, with a death toll of 270 and over 500 injured, by Muslim suicide bombers made no sense in Sri Lanka where there has been no history of conflict between the two religions...
Bomb hoax delays Biman flight at Dhaka airport
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight bound for Kathmandu was halted just moments before takeoff on Friday at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after an anonymous phone call had warned of a bomb on board.
Two crude bombs explode near Ganosamhati central office
Two crude bombs exploded near the Ganosamhati Andolan central office in Hatirpool, Dhaka on Monday night...
Use of US bunker-buster bomb looms over Iran conflict
A powerful American bunker-busting bomb is the only weapon capable of destroying Iran鈥檚 deeply buried nuclear facilities, making it president Donald Trump鈥檚 weapon of choice if he chooses to militarily back Israel...
Four heavy US bombers stationed at key Indian Ocean base: AFP image analysis
Four US Stratofortress bombers are currently stationed at the Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean, according to an AFP analysis of satellite imagery, as the conflict between Israel and Iran extended to its fifth straight day.
2 crude bombs blasted near ICT
Two crude bombs were exploded near the International Crimes Tribunal in the capital Sunday morning...
School bus bombing kills six in Pakistan
A suspected suicide bomber targeted a school bus in southwestern Pakistan killing at least four children and two adults on Wednesday, in an attack the government accused India of backing...
Bomb blast kills four in Balochistan
At least four people were killed while 12 others were wounded in a bomb blast in Pakistan鈥檚 turbulent southern province of Balochistan, a security official said on Monday...
Minor girl dies, her brother wounded in bomb explosion at home
A minor girl was killed and her elder brother was wounded in a bomb explosion while they had been playing inside their thatched house near Golpata Mosque in the Shankarpur area of Jashore district town Monday morning...
Minor child killed, two of her siblings injured in Jashore cocktail blast
A 5-year old girl was killed and her siblings were injured in an explosion of a crude bomb at their house in Jashore on Monday morning...
RAMNA BATAMUL BLAST:聽HC commutes death sentence of 7 convicts
The High Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of seven members of the banned extremist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh in the case of 2001 Ramna Batamul blast that killed 10 people during Pahela Baishakh celebrations in Dhaka.
Hamas insists on 鈥榗omprehensive鈥� deal to end Gaza war
Hamas insisted on Wednesday on a 鈥榗omprehensive鈥� agreement to end its war with Israel, as rescuers said Israeli bombardment of Gaza killed at least 26 people amid a growing humanitarian catastrophe...
MSF鈥檚 hospital bombed in S Sudan
Doctors Without Borders said one of its hospitals in South Sudan had been bombed early on Saturday, with local officials reporting at least four dead in the area...
HC sets May 8 to deliver verdict in Ramna Batamul bombing cases
The High Court on Wednesday set May 8 to deliver its judgment on the death references, appeals and jail appeals of the convicts in the Ramna Batamul bombing cases filed over two decades ago...
Seven die in bomb explosion in Pakistan鈥檚 northwest: police
At least seven people were killed and 21 others were wounded on Monday when a bomb exploded at the guest house of a pro-government tribal elder in Pakistan's turbulent northwest, police said.
Netanyahu bombing Gaza again to save political life
ISRAELI forces have killed more than 400 people in Gaza over the past 24 hours, including more than 100 children, according to Palestinian officials...
Thousands stranded as WWII bomb halts traffic at Paris train station
Thousands of passengers in Paris and London were stranded Friday after the discovery of a World War II bomb on tracks leading to the Gare du Nord station halted traffic at France鈥檚 busiest railway terminus.
Four injured in crude bomb attack
At least four people, including a local union parishad chairman, were injured in a crude bomb attack at Baroghoria Bazar in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila Thursday night.
Three crude bombs recovered from Farmgate footpath
The police recovered three crude bombs abandoned on a street near Ananda Cinema Hall at Farmgate in Dhaka on Saturday...
HSIA gets bomb hoax call again, security tightened
The Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport authorities again received a potential bomb threat call on Wednesday night and the authorities checked people and planes till 2:30am on Thursday to ensure security...
Bomb hoax disrupts activities at Dhaka airport
Panic gripped people at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh on Wednesday morning received information about a potential bomb attack on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight bound for Dhaka from Rome...
CPB observes anniv of bomb attack on its Paltan rally
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh on Monday demanded punishment for killers involved in killing party鈥檚 leaders and activists in a bomb attack on party鈥檚 January 20, 2001 rally at Paltan Maidan...
Bomb threats target US President-elect Trump nominees
Several members of Donald Trump鈥檚 incoming US administration have received threats, including bomb alerts, the FBI said Wednesday.
Ex-minister Mujibul鈥檚 nephew arrested in Cumilla
The police have arrested former railway minister Mujibul Haque鈥檚 nephew in a case over killing eight bus passengers in a petrol bomb attack...
Pakistani separatists kill 26 in station blast
A bombing claimed by Pakistani separatists killed 26 people including 14 soldiers at a railway station in the southwestern Balochistan province, a hospital spokesman said Saturday.
Iran slams US deployment of B-52 bombers as 鈥榙estabilising鈥�
Iran鈥檚 foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Monday criticised what he called the United States鈥� 鈥榙estabilising presence鈥� after the deployment of B-52 bombers in the region.
7 die in bomb attack near Polio vaccine drive in Pakistan
A bombing near a girls鈥� school in western Pakistan killed seven people, including five children, in an attack targeting police guarding polio vaccinators on Friday, officials said.
Israeli forces strike deadly bombing in Gaza
Israeli forces carried out new deadly bombings targeting Hamas in Gaza on Wednesday, as international mediators prepared to propose a short-term truce to free hostages and avert a humanitarian catastrophe...