Tuesday, 08 Apr, 2025

International

Suicide bomber kills 38 in Iraq

DHAKA: At least 38 people were killed and 56 people hurts as a suicide bomber has attacked Sunni fighters in Madain, a town roughly 20 kilometers southeast of Baghdad on Wednesday.The bomber attacked on the members of the Sahwa (Awakening) movement while they gathered to receive

Japan parliament re-elects Shinzo Abe as PM

DHAKA: Japan’s parliament re-elected Shinzo Abe on Tuesday to serve another term as prime minister after his party won a snap election earlier this month. Abe won 328 votes out of the 470 cast by lawmakers in a special session of the lower house on Tuesday. Since the ruling Liberal

St Louis police kill ‘armed’ black teenager

DHAKA: A black teenager has been shot dead by police in St Louis of USA.It is near where Michael Brown was killed in August triggering national protests.St Louis County police said the man who was shot had pulled a gun at a petrol station and pointed it at an officer, reports the BBC.A

Taliban kill 12 landmine cleaners

DHAKA: Taliban gunmen have shot dead 12 people working to clear landmines in southern Helmand province.Afghan police say, reports the BBC.In the capital, Kabul, a suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan soldiers, and the Taliban said it killed a senior Supreme Court official.And

Ukraine separatist conflict toll tops 4,600

DHAKA: Fighting between government troops and pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine has left more than 300 people dead in less than a month, taking the overall toll to 4,634. The UN said on Saturday in its latest report on the conflict, reports The Straits Times. Some 10,243 people have been

IS beheads 4 men for blasphemy in Syria

DHAKA: Islamic State’s self-declared police force in western Syria decapitated four men after accusing them of blasphemy. A rights group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times. The men were beheaded in the countryside east of the city of Homs by the

17 dead, nearly 100 missing in Indonesia landslide

DHAKA: Torrential downpours triggered a landslide on Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing at least 17 people and leaving nearly 100 others missing, with persistent rain hampering rescue efforts. Officials said Saturday, reports The Straits Times.Hundreds of rescuers were

4 killed as Pakistan police foil terror attack

DHAKA: Pakistan police foiled a major terror attack on Saturday in central Punjab province, killing at least four suspected Taliban militants.Officials said, reports The Straits Times.Heavy weapons and explosives - including four suicide jackets, 12 rockets, 40 hand grenades, 328kg of

Thai crown prince’s wife quits

DHAKA: The wife of Thailand’s Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, Srirasmi, has resigned her royal position, the palace has announced. A statement said King Bhumibol Adulyadej had accepted Princess Srirasmi’s written request. Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn had asked the government to strip

IS' Twitter 'Jihadi' arrested in India

DHAKA: The suspect behind the pro-Islamic State (IS) Twitter account has been arrested in India’s Bengaluru on Saturday. The arrest came after the Bengaluru Crime Branch initiated probe on Friday based on a Channel 4 story.  The UK-based channel late Friday night released a second

US couple wins $1m in call harassment suit

DHAKA: Bank of America is being forced to hand over more than $1 million to a Florida couple after the bank flooded them with hundreds of loan collection calls for years. In a complaint filed in July, attorneys for Nelson and Joyce Coniglio said that the couple had been on the receiving

US Senate backs anti-IS spending

DHAKA: The US Senate has approved a new annual defence bill expanding the military campaign against Islamic State (IS). The bill approves a general Pentagon budget of $496bn (£316bn) plus $64bn for US wars abroad. The measure also authorises the training and equipping of moderate

8 killed, 100 missing in Indonesia Landslide

DHAKA: Torrential rains set off a mudslide down the hills into a village in central Indonesia, killing eight people and leaving more than 100 missing, officials said Saturday. About 105 houses were swept away by the landslide late Friday in Jemblung village in Banjarnegara district of

Major storm kills 2, moves into southern California

DHAKA: A major storm that pummeled northern California and the Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and high winds and killed two people. The storm has moved south overnight, prompting evacuation orders in areas prone to floods and mud flows, reports the Straits Times. The National Weather

Hong Kong protesters chant ‘We’ll be back’

DHAKA: Hong Kong police arrested pro-democracy activists and cleared most of the main protest site, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations in the Chinese-controlled city, but many chanted ‘We will be back’. Most activists chose to leave the Admiralty site,

Pakistan Taliban slam Malala over Nobel Prize

DHAKA: The Pakistani Taliban hit out at teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai over her Nobel peace prize on Friday, slamming her as a ‘soldier against Islamic society’. Malala became a global icon after she was shot and nearly killed by the Taliban in October 2012 for insisting

Brazilian confesses to killing 39

DHAKA: A Brazilian man has confessed to killing 39 women in the Rio de Janeiro region, police said Thursday.In an interview with Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo, the alleged killer, Sailson Jose das Gracas, said that he carried out the first slaying when he was 17 and continued to kill

CIA boss defends post-9/11 tactics

DHAKA: CIA Director John Brennan has defended the agency's post-9/11 interrogation methods but admitted some techniques were "harsh" and "abhorrent".Speaking at CIA headquarters, he said some officers acted beyond their authority but most did their duty, reports BBC.A scathing Senate

3-time Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Michel du Cille dies

DHAKA: Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients and the people who cared for them, died Dec. 11 while on assignment for The

India to decriminalise attempted suicide

DHAKA: India plans to decriminalise attempted suicide, raising hopes Thursday for the release of rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for 14 years. India’s junior home minister has said it would act on recommendations from the law commission to amend