Govt, EC to be blamed for ‘dire consequences’: BNP
Alleging that the government is trying to manoeuvre the Gazipur City Corporation election result, BNP lawmaker MK Anwar warned Saturday of “dire consequences” arising out of this. “Despite knowing that...
View ArticleBullet-hit ‘gunfight’ victim dies
A suspected carjacker who sustained bullet wounds four-days ago during a “gunfight” with law enforcers in Gulistan area of the capital died at a city hospital on Saturday. Deceased Yasin (full name was...
View ArticleGazipur City Corporation Election 2013
Candidates Votes Centres Ajmat Ullah Khan (AL-backed) 8,292 15 of 392 MA Mannan (BNP-backed) 10,608
View Article2 ‘robbers’ killed in Sirajganj gunfight
Two alleged robbers were killed and seven others went missing during a gunfight with police in the Jamuna River in Sirajganj on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Mosharraf Hossain, 40, and...
View ArticlePolls fair, accept results: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed on Saturday said the voting in the Gazipur City Corporation election was held in a free and fair manner and called upon mayoral and councillor...
View ArticleNigeria school attack kills 30
Islamic militants attacked a boarding school in northeast Nigeria before dawn Saturday, killing 29 students and one teacher. Some of the pupils were burned alive in the latest school attack blamed on a...
View ArticleBritain set to deport of Abu Qatada
Britain is expected to fly radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan today to face terror charges, ending a decade-long legal battle over the fate of the man once dubbed Osama bin Laden’s...
View ArticleSolar plane takes off on last flight of US journey
The experimental Solar Impulse aircraft departed Washington early yesterday en route to New York on the final leg of its US tour aimed at showcasing the promise of clean energy, organisers said. The...
View ArticleJapan PM Abe set to win majority in polls
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc is set to secure a majority in the upper house in this month’s election, newspaper polls said yesterday. Victory would give Abe control of both chambers...
View ArticleIraq bombings kill five
Bombings north of Baghdad yesterday killed five people, including a police officer, police and doctors said, a day after attacks across the country left 23 dead. A roadside bomb killed four people west...
View ArticleStrong quake hits Indonesia’s Sumatra
A strong 6.0-magnitude quake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra yesterday, US seismologists said, just days after a tremor on the vast island killed dozens and left thousands homeless. No tsunami warning...
View ArticleDumped Australian PM opens up on sexism
Australia’s first female premier Julia Gillard has opened up for the first time on the sexism that plagued her leadership and her famous misogyny speech in her final interview before being ousted....
View ArticleBomb in bag kills 3 cops in Yemen
A bomb hidden in a plastic bag exploded at a checkpoint in the Yemeni capital Sanaa yesterday, killing three policemen and wounding a fourth, a security services official said. The device was planted...
View ArticleItalian mafia capo caught in Colombia
Colombian police Friday arrested an alleged boss of Italy’s Calabrian mafia, who is considered the most wanted drug trafficker in Europe, the defense ministry said. Roberto Pannunzi, who is wanted in...
View ArticleSame old Ershad
In a surprise move, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday extended his party’s support to the ruling Awami League-backed mayoral candidate to fight the BNP favourite in the battle of ballots in...
View ArticleMali lifts state of emergency
Mali lifted a nearly six-month state of emergency yesterday, the eve of the start of a presidential election campaign for July 28 polls in the troubled west African nation, the security ministry said....
View Article10 injured in Gazipur post-poll violence
At least 10 people were injured in a spate of post-poll violence in different areas of Gazipur City Corporation last night. Some of the injured were taken to Gazipur Sadar Hospital and they were either...
View ArticleBNP backed candidate wins in Sonaimuri municipal polls
BNP backed candidate Motahar Hossain Manik was unofficially elected mayor of Sonaimuri Pourasava yesterday. Motahar bagged 4,521 votes while his nearest rival Awami League-backed Nurul Haque Chowdhury...
View ArticleProtests go on, clashes kill 37
Islamists massed for further protests yesterday to demand the army restore Egypt’s first democratically elected leader, after 24 hours of ferocious violence that killed 37 people and injured more than...
View Article3 asylum offers for Snowden
Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia have offered asylum to Edward Snowden, the US whistleblower who is believed to have spent the past two weeks at a Moscow airport evading US attempts to extradite him....
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