Russia resumes attacks on Ukraine after Easter truce
Russia launched a wave of aerial attacks on Ukraine on Monday in an abrupt end to a fragile 30-hour Easter truce between the two sides...
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Villagers block roads over recurring elephant attacks
Several hundred villagers in Karnaphuli upazila of Chattogram blocked roads, protesting the authorities鈥� 鈥榝ailure鈥� to curb recurring elephant attacks, on Thursday...
Thousands protest against Israeli attack on Palestine
Protests against Israeli attacks on Palestine continued across the country on Friday as political parties and student groups demanded action against the violence.
RSF attacks kill 50 in Khartoum in one week
Sudan鈥檚 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...
BEA expresses concern about attacks on its office
The interim committee of the Bangladesh Economic Association expressed concern over a wave of attacks on its office...
Firm govt action needed against attacks on women
A SERIES of attacks on and harassment of women and the government鈥檚 failure to attend to the issues are a worrying sign. A significant number of women, especially players, athletes, celebrities and sex workers, have been attacked by people and groups with Islamist bent, weaving a pattern of the right wing rearing its head in the absence of deterrent government action...
Attacks on police show public order failure
A SERIES of mob attacks on the police and their stations centring on attempts at snatching away the detained that have taken place recently, the latest having happened in Dhaka at night on February 4, are deplorable on a couple of counts. Such incidents taking place one after another harm law enforcement and the public perception about law enforcement. The...
Attacks on the police suggest fragile law and order
ATTACKS on the police and police stations in different parts of the country in the past few weeks suggest a worrying law and order situation. The attacks were perpetrated by activists of different political parties, including the ousted Awami League. In a recent incident, activists of the Awami League attacked a police vehicle at Sujanagar in Pabna on February 2 and...
End to sectarian attacks across Bangladesh, withdrawal of cases demanded
Leaders of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council on Thursday urged the interim government to take action against ongoing attacks on religious minorities across Bangladesh...
Global Sufi Organisation presents 4-point demand
Global Sufi Organisation on Thursday made a four-point charter of demands including security for Sufi institutions and a judicial investigation into recent attacks on shrines...
Attacks on national minority student protests outrageous
THE attacks on the protests that national minority students held on January 15 and the attacks on a rally that mostly students held the next day in protest at the attacks on the January 15 protests are as unsavoury as equally outrageous. Students of national minorities, banded as the Aggrieved Indigenous Students and People, held protests at the...
COMMUNAL VIOLENCE CLAIMS: Most incidents political in nature: govt
Police have found that 1,234 incidents on the religious minorities were political in nature against a Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council claim that there were 2,010 incidents on the lives, properties and...
Uprising criminal cases should have sound legal footing
THE wholesale filing of cases in connection with murder of and attacks on protesters that took place in July鈥揂ugust and flaws in the filing of the cases stand to harm justice and allow perpetrators to escape unpunished. The police say that more than 2,500 cases have been filed until mid-November in connection with the murders and attacks during the uprising, noting that about 8,000 people have also...
Russia, Ukraine trade aerial attacks amid escalation fears
Russia said on Monday its air defences had shot down eight ballistic missiles fired by Ukraine, amid heightened tensions over Kyiv鈥檚 use of Western-supplied long-range arms against Russia...
Hezbollah launches attacks on Tel Aviv, south Israel
Israel鈥檚 army said Hezbollah fired around 160 projectiles into its territory from Lebanon on Sunday, with the militant group saying its attacks had targeted the Tel Aviv area and Israel鈥檚 south...
Theatre activists stage street plays protesting at attacks
Theatre activists staged street plays protesting at attacks on a protest rally at a cultural programme organised by theatre troupe Aranyak Natyadal in front of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday...
WHO warns of ransomware attacks on hospitals
The World Health Organization and some 50 countries issued a warning Friday at the United Nations about the rise of ransomware attacks against hospitals, with the United States specifically blaming Russia.
Ukraine, Russia foil dozens of drone attacks
Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks overnight, with Russian officials saying on Saturday that Ukrainian strikes had killed one person in the Belgorod border region...
Parties, orgs demand end to Israeli attacks on Palestine, Lebanon聽
Different political parties and organisations on Monday held separate rallies in Dhaka, protesting against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.
Emirates bans pagers onboard after Lebanon blasts
Dubai-based airline Emirates has banned pagers and walkie-talkies onboard its planes following sabotage attacks in Lebanon, and extended flight cancellations for Middle East destinations due to regional escalation...
PCJSS demands judicial inquiry
The Parbatya Charrogram Janasamhati Samiti, a regional political party in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the incidents of sectarian attacks in Khagrachari and Rangamati in September 18鈥�20...
Stringency needed to stop attacks on religious, cultural sites
PERSISTENT attacks on cultural and religious sites 鈥� shrines, darbar sharifs and baul establishments 鈥� are gravely concerning. At least, three attacks on such sites in September 29鈥�30 suggest that the government has not adequately addressed the issue. At least, 30 people, mostly followers of Sufism, were injured as a group of villagers attacked a shrine at...
SPB calls for stopping Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Leaders of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh on Saturday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the world community to be vocal against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stop killing Lebanese people...
US for protecting Bangladesh鈥檚 nat鈥檒 minorities from violence, discrimination
Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs adviser to Supradip Chakma in a meeting with a delegation from the Embassy of the United States to Bangladesh said on Monday that the...
Shrines provide shelter to mass culture in Bangladesh: discussion
Spiritual singers and thinkers at a discussion said on Sunday that the shrines were used as shelters of mass culture in Bangladesh without any government incentives...
2010 sectarian attacks in Aug 4-20, says unity council
The Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council reported on Thursday that a total of 2,010 incidents of sectarian attacks occurred between August 4 and August 20 across the country, resulting in the deaths of nine people...
Bringing shrine attackers to book demanded
Political leaders, cultural activists and different social-political organisations on Tuesday held a rally in front of High Court Mazar in Dhaka protesting at attacks on shrines across Bangladesh...
Russian attacks kill six in east Ukraine
Russian bombardments on the eastern Ukraine region of Donetsk killed six people on Wednesday, the governor of the region said, as Moscow announced it had taken another village in the area...
Sheikh Hasina, Rehana, Quader sued in Sylhet
A case has been filed against 87 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader in connection with attacks on protesters on August 4 in Sylhet city鈥檚 Bandarbazar area.