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7 militants identified

7 militants identified
Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday identified seven out of nine suspected militants, who were killed during joint forces raid in capital’s Kalayanpur area early Tuesday. The seven suspected militants are Abdullah from Dinajpur, Abu Hakim Nayem from Patuakhali, Akifuzzaman Khan from Gulshan, Dhaka, Zobaer Hossain from Noakhali, Matiar Rahman from Satkhira, Sazad Rauf Arka from Basundhara, Dhaka and Tajul Huq Rashik from Dhanmondi, Dhaka. DMP confirmed the identities after matching the finger prints of the killed suspects with their finger prints stored with national identity cards of the country’s Election Commission. Abdullah, son of Md Sohrab Ali and Moslema Khatun , hailed from Vallabpur village under Nawbabganj upzaila in Dinapur…

Taj Manjil inmates still in trauma

Taj Manjil inmates still in trauma

The inmates of Taj Manjil, where nine militants were killed in a police operation on Tuesday, do not know when they will be able to return there or salvage their belongings to shift to other places. Following the operation, the building, popularly known as ‘Jahaj building’ for its shape,…
Involved persons to be chased, says ACC chief

Involved persons to be chased, says ACC chief

Chairman of the Anti Corruption (ACC) Iqbal Mahmood yesterday vowed that the commission will trace those involved in terror financing in Bangladesh, reports UNB. “Wherever money is accumulated through corruption, we’ll chase and detect that,” he told a meeting at the Commission’s…
The Kalyanpur operation

The Kalyanpur operation

In what was a successful operation against alleged militants at Kalyanpur in the capital the day before yesterday, the law enforcing agencies busted a den of militant suspects, killing nine of them. The promptness and skill of the law enforcers with which they conducted the whole operation dubbed as…
Terrorism and Bangladesh: An issue of grave concern

Terrorism and Bangladesh: An issue of grave concern

The term ‘terrorism’ covers a great diversity of groups with different origins, purposes, targets as well as different causes. Most of the scholars agree that terrorism is a set of methods and strategies of combat rather than an identifiable ideology or movement and that terrorism involves…
Hepatitis B kills 3,50,000 in South-East Asia yearly

Hepatitis B kills 3,50,000 in South-East Asia yearly

Hepatitis B kills around 3,50,000 people in the South-East Asian region every year, which is more than the annual death of AIDS and malaria combined, according to an expert of the World Health Organisation (WHO), reports BSS. “Approximately 100 million (10 crore) people across the region suffer…
Expedite construction work 
on 100 economic zones

Expedite construction work on 100 economic zones

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) to accelerate the work of establishing 100 economic zones across the country as those are aimed at attracting more local and foreign investment. “Ensuring overall development of the country is the main goal…
Obama refuses to rule out 
Russia bid to tip US vote

Obama refuses to rule out Russia bid to tip US vote

AFP, WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has refused to rule out the possibility that Russia is trying to sway the US presidential election in favor of Donald Trump. “Anything is possible,” Obama told NBC News in an interview due to air Wednesday—the furthest the US government has gone…
‘The Nightingale of Bangladesh’ to be remembered on birth anniv today

‘The Nightingale of Bangladesh’ to be remembered on birth anniv today

Today is the 86th birth anniversary of Feroza Begum—fondly called ‘The Nightingale of Bangladesh’ by thousands of fans, who devoted herself to popularising the music of Kazi Nazrul Islam, in dozens of recordings and in performances across South Asia and around the world. Feroza Begum…
Tamim insists on winning habit

Tamim insists on winning habit

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal insisted on keeping up the winning habit in a bid to acquire a boost to conquer any top nation in overseas, a thing which so far has eluded them. According to Tamim, unarguably the best batsman ever the country has produced, any series victory over the big guns at their…
Floods destroy crops on 10,000 hectares: DAE

Floods destroy crops on 10,000 hectares: DAE

The ongoing floods for the last one and a half months in the eight north and northwestern districts have damaged standing crops on 10,000 hectares of land, reports BSS. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) told the news agency that as per the primary crop damage report the severe floods, caused…
50 appeals of militants pending with SC

50 appeals of militants pending with SC

At least 52 death references and appeals of militants have been pending for long before the Supreme Court. These were not disposed of because the prosecution did not take steps, officials and lawyers said. All death-row convicts are in jail. But those sentenced for various terms, including life, are…
Hillary’s biggest problems have nothing to do with Trumph

Hillary’s biggest problems have nothing to do with Trumph

As the Democratic National Convention convenes in Philadelphia, Hillary Clinton faces many widely reported challenges. She is generally not trusted, and the majority of Americans tend to repeat what has now become a cliché invented by President Obama: Clinton just doesn’t have that new-car…
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