AP, Beirut Backed by Russian aircraft, Syrian troops pushed Friday toward the historic central town of Palmyra in an offensive to recapture it from the Islamic State group whose fighters have damaged some of the world’s most precious archaeological sites since they overran the town last May. After night fell, Syria’s state news agency SANA…
International Desk A Passenger Jetliner flying to southern Russia from Dubai crashed on its second landing attempt at Rostov-on-Don airport on Saturday, according to Russian officials reports Reuters. All 62 passengers aboard the jet perished. Returning from Dubai, the FlyDubai Boeing 737-800, attempted to land at 03:50 local time when it missed the runway. The…
AP, United Nations The U.N. human rights chief said Friday that many people in Burundi are living in “terror” with increasing reports of torture, almost daily grenade attacks, arbitrary arrests and killings while the perpetrators go unpunished. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein told the U.N. Security Council that “the country remains on the brink of a…
UNB, Dhaka Prof Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq, father of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan, has said it is the responsibility of the government to hold the trial of the killers of his son in the interest of establishing the rule of law in the country. “So far as I know there has been no progress in…
UNB, Dhaka Top officials of Brac working in Afghanistan held meetings with the governor of Baghlan, provincial police commander and local Sura to find out a way to rescue the two abducted Bangladeshi officials, says Brac. Baghlan police, meanwhile, arrested two suspects in connection with the abduction of two Brac officials, Brac said in a…
AP, Istanbul A suicide attacker detonated a bomb on Istanbul’s main pedestrian shopping street on Saturday, killing four people, the city’s governor said. Twenty other people were injured in the attack. The attacker was among the dead. Governor Vasip Sahin said the explosion occurred outside a local government office on Istiklal Street, which is also…
AP, Brussels European Union and Turkish leaders celebrated a “historic day” after sealing a widely-criticized pact to send thousands of asylum-seekers back to Turkey — a deal that will cost millions and require the rapid dispatch of thousands of experts to Greece to undertake the complicated task of making the plan a reality. Amid broad…
Desk Report Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday that the Navy, for the first time, would be getting two submarines to help the navy become more of a “three-dimensional” force, reports BSS. “The much awaited two submarines would be added to the navy fleet this year and it would transform the navy into a…
UNB, Bhola At least 15 people were injured in a clash between supporters of two member candidates over the campaign for the upcoming union parishad (UP) election at Ali Nagar union in Sadar upazila on Friday night. Locals sources said a clash erupted as supporters of Maksud, a member candidate for Ali Nagar union, attacked…
BSS, Dhaka Members of Cyber Crime Team of Police department arrested a Facebook hacker from Dakhkhinkhan in the city on Friday. The arrestee was M Zahid Hasan Sunny, said a press release issued by DMP today. The team also seized a cell phone and other essential stuff generally used in hacking from his possession. Sunny…