Three persons were arrested on Monday for their involvement in an attack on three elderly Sufi Muslims, including two women, and critically injuring them in western Bangladesh’s border town with India. Eight to 10 assailants attacked several ‘Bauls’ (mystic singers) around midnight on Sunday with sharp weapons, iron rods and bamboo sticks at their ‘Akhra’ (residing place) at Ektarpur village […]
» Read moreAn earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 struck eastern Japan on Sunday and shook buildings in Tokyo, officials and witnesses said, but there was no danger of a tsunami and no immediate report of injuries or major damage. Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world’s most seismically active areas, which accounts for a fifth of the world’s earthquakes […]
» Read morePolice in Bangladesh have arrested a professor from an elite university alleging that he had rented a flat to gunmen who attacked a cafe in Dhaka earlier this month and killed 20 hostages.
» Read moreA terrorist gunman killed 80 people and wounded scores when he drove a heavy truck at high speed into a crowd that had watched Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday, officials said. Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 80 people died and 18 were in a critical condition. Many more were also wounded in […]
» Read moreTwo bailiffs were shot and killed Monday inside a southwestern Michigan courthouse before officers killed the gunman, a sheriff said. The incident occurred on the third floor of the Berrien County courthouse in St. Joseph, 100 miles northeast of Chicago. Sheriff Paul Bailey didn’t provide additional details on how the shooting happened. He said he did not know anything about […]
» Read moreBangladesh government on Sunday banned the broadcasting of India-based controversial preacher Zakir Naik ‘s Peace TV channel after reports that his “provocative” speeches inspired some of the militants who carried out the country’s worst terror attack at a cafe here. The decision to ban the Mumbai-based preacher’s ‘Peace TV Bangla’ was taken during a special meeting of Cabinet Committee on […]
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