UNB A sand trader was found dead in a guest house in Birishiri area of Durgapur upazila here on Friday afternoon. Rezaul Karim, officer in-charge of Dhurgapur Police Station, said Nurul Islam, 30, a resident of Shantinagar area of Dhaka, came here two days ago for business purpose and rented a room of ‘Bichitra Guest…
AP, Ccano The remains of 40 peasants killed more than two decades ago by Maoist-inspired rebels have been returned to their loved ones for burial, Peru’s government said Thursday. Justice Minister Aldo Vasquez asked for forgiveness on behalf of the Peruvian state for its role in the conflict at a ceremony held Wednesday with the…
AP, Johannesburg Opposition lawmakers are heaping criticism on South African President Jacob Zuma after a court said he violated the constitution, but the institution that can oust him — the ruling African National Congress party — has yet to turn on its leader. The main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, said Friday that it will…
AP, Rio De Janeiro Brazil’s Supreme Court handed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a victory on Thursday, ruling against returning a corruption investigation involving the ex-leader back to a judge he accuses of unfairly targeting him. Brazil’s highest court voted 8-2 to take over the case, effectively removing the probe into Silva from…
AP, Seoul North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea on Friday, Seoul officials said, hours after the U.S., South Korean and Japanese leaders pledged to work closer together to prevent North Korea from advancing its nuclear and missile programs. The surface-to-air missile fired from an eastern coastal area flew into waters off the…
AP, Cairo Nearly three years into a crackdown overseen by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, allegations of human rights abuses including killings, torture and secret detentions are starting to bring an international backlash from the Egyptian leader’s allies. In the past month, Egypt was rebuked over its human rights record by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry,…
AP, Istanbul Amnesty International says Turkey has forcibly returned hundreds of Syrian refugees to their homeland since mid-January. It said this practice exposes “fatal flaws” in an agreement between Turk and the European Union. The organization says its research on the Turkish-Syrian border suggests that around 100 Syrians __ who often have not registered in…
AP, Washington Dozens of world leaders assembling Friday for a nuclear security summit will confront a disparate array of modern-day threats, ranging from government actors like North Korea to murkier groups like the Islamic State. Frustration over the slow pace of reducing nuclear stockpiles shadowed the final day of the summit, President Barack Obama’s last…
Eshan Maitra It is very common to come by an internet troll every day. Whether it is a furious debate on a Naila Nayem’s Facebook post or a long hate-speech on a random YouTube video. They know the act is total nonsense. Still, what sick pleasure do they get out of it? A group of…
Eshan Maitra Lenin was the most notable influential figures of 20th century who brought the Russian Revolution and introduced communism. Forever changing the course of the history not only of the biggest nation but also of the human history. The civilizations and developments took an extraordinary turn. Was he a hero or villain? Some say…