Violence flares up in parts of Bangladesh during Hifazat shutdown
Hifazat-e Islam has pulverised several districts of Bangladesh with a fresh wave of violence as supporters of the radical group clashed with security agencies and pro-government activists during a nationwide shutdown which was called over deaths during protests against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit.
Published on Mar 28 2021  

An immigrant family caught up in a distinctly American tragedy
Two decades after they left Syria for a new home in the Rocky Mountains, it looked from the outside as if the Alissa family had made it in America.
Published on Mar 28 2021  

Traffic flow remains uninterrupted on Hifazat hartal day
Traffic remained normal as Hifazat-e Islam called hartal on Sunday over the death of people in clashes with police during protests against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Published on Mar 28 2021  

Indian farmers squat on railway tracks to mark four months of protests
Dozens of farmers squatted on railway tracks in northern India on Friday, disrupting traffic to mark four months of a campaign against the opening up of agriculture produce markets to private players.
Published on Mar 26 2021  

Bengalis waged first fight for freedom against Pakistanis at Rajarbagh Police Lines in 1971
It was one of the three main targets of the Pakistani Army’s genocide in Dhaka through a crackdown codenamed ‘Operation Searchlight’ on Mar 25, 1971. Nevertheless, Rajarbagh Police Lines was the place where the Bengali fought their first fight against the Pakistani forces that night.
Published on Mar 25 2021  

The secret network helping hundreds of Myanmar police flee to India
Strung across remote mountain settlements, a secret network of activists and volunteers is helping spirit hundreds of defecting Myanmar policemen away from the military’s brutal crackdown on dissent and into relative safety in a small northeastern Indian state.
Published on Mar 25 2021  

Bomb blast at home kills three in Bangladesh
A bomb explosion at a home in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj Upazila has left at least three people dead.
Published on Mar 24 2021  

Australian floods kill two, more evacuations as clean-up begins
The bodies of two men were found in Australia on Wednesday in cars trapped in floodwaters, the first deaths linked to wild weather in recent days that has submerged houses, swept away livestock and cut off entire towns.
Published on Mar 24 2021  

More than 1,000 Myanmar refugees seeking shelter in India's Mizoram state
More than 1,000 people fleeing violence in Myanmar have crossed into neighbouring India's Mizoram state since late February, an Indian lawmaker told Reuters on Friday.
Published on Mar 20 2021  

Gunmen kill 13 police in daytime ambush in central Mexico
Gunmen killed at least 13 Mexican police in an ambush a short distance outside the capital on Thursday, local authorities said, in one of the worst mass slayings of security forces to rock the country in recent years.
Published on Mar 19 2021  

Hifazat men attack, loot homes of Hindus in Sunamganj over Facebook post
Supporters of radical group Hifazat-e Islam have attacked and looted homes of Hindus at a village in Sunamganj’s Shalla alleging insult to Islam in a Facebook post criticising their leader Mamunul Haque, the police say.
Published on Mar 18 2021  

Security forces fire on Myanmar protests after deadliest day since coup
Myanmar security forces shot dead at least 20 pro-democracy protesters on Monday, an activist group said, and the military junta imposed martial law in parts of the main city Yangon, giving commanders wide powers to stamp out dissent.
Published on Mar 15 2021  

Days of killings and defiance in Myanmar, with neither side relenting
Soldiers and police officers shot and killed at least 51 people in Myanmar over the weekend as they pressed their campaign of attrition against protesters who have defied them in cities and towns across the country.
Published on Mar 15 2021  

Protests as lawyer alleges RAB torture after arrest at Supreme Court premises
Lawyers have protested against the alleged torture of one of their colleagues following his arrest at the Supreme Court premises by the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB.
Published on Mar 14 2021  

Four injured in Dhaka girder collapse
Four people, including two Chinese workers, have been wounded after a girder launcher used for the Bus Rapid Transit project collapsed in Dhaka.
Published on Mar 14 2021  

Myanmar civilian leader says people should defend themselves as toll mounts
Security forces killed at least 22 anti-coup protesters in the poor, industrial Hlaingthaya suburb of Myanmar's main city on Sunday after Chinese-financed factories were set ablaze there, an advocacy group said.
Published on Mar 14 2021  

Murder suspect was on the run after jailbreak. Now he is back in police custody
Farhad Hossain Rubel, a murder suspect who fled from his cell at the Chattogram Central Jail, has been arrested in Narsingdi.
Published on Mar 09 2021  

Firemen, cop among 9 dead in Kolkata blaze
Nine people were killed in a huge fire that broke out in an office building in central Kolkata's Strand Road on Monday evening, NDTV reports.
Published on Mar 09 2021  

Fire Service launches manhunt for ‘missing’ inmate inside Chattogram jail
The Fire Service and Civil Defence in Chattogram has launched a manhunt for an inmate who recently went ‘missing’ and is trying to find out whether he is hiding somewhere inside the prison.
Published on Mar 08 2021