Pakistan
At least 12 killed, 27 injured in suicide blast outside Islamabad court in Pakistan
A suicide blast outside a district and sessions court in Islamabad’s G-11 area on Tuesday killed at least 12 people and injured 27 others, officials said.
Chris Rohan, Author at Deshweek | Page 35 of 89
India
Modi vows culprits ‘will not be spared’ after India’s deadly Delhi blast
Indian authorities are investigating an explosion near the historic Red Fort in New Delhi that killed at least eight people and injured others Monday evening, treating it as a possible terrorist attack.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh stands by India after deadly Delhi bomb blast near Red Fort
The Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi has expressed deep condolences over the car blast near the Red Fort in the Indian capital that left 8 people dead and injured on Monday. In a statement, the High Commissioner and staff extended heartfelt sympathy to the victims and their families. “Our earnest thoughts and prayers remain […]
Bangladesh
Bangladesh rejects Rajnath Singh’s remarks cautioning Yunus over alleged anti-India comments
Bangladesh on Sunday rejected Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s remarks warning Interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to “watch his words,” calling them “incorrect” and “not respectful of propriety and diplomatic nicety.”
Bangladesh
Man killed, another injured in factional clash within Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Munshiganj
A man was shot dead and another critically injured early Sunday in a clash between two rival factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Mollakandi Union under Munshiganj district, police said. The deceased was identified as Arif Mir, 35, while his cousin Imran was wounded and later transferred from Munshiganj General Hospital to Dhaka […]
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters clash in multiple districts, leaving 18 injured
At least 18 people were injured and one man died of a suspected heart attack as clashes erupted among rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) factions over election nominations across several districts, police said Sunday.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh investigators file 17 cases over alleged $97 million laundering by Beximco
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), a specialized intelligence and investigation wing of the Bangladesh Police, has alleged that Beximco Group Chairman Ahmed Sohail Fasihur Rahman, Vice Chairman Salman F Rahman, and their associates laundered about $97 million abroad over five years under the guise of foreign trade.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh watchdog alleges $95 million loan fraud tied to S Alam Group
The Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh said Sunday it will file a case against 67 people, including the former chairman of S Alam Group, over alleged embezzlement and loan fraud totaling about $95 million from Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited.
Bangladesh
Critics in Bangladesh call Fakhrul hypocritical over Hasina comments, citing Tarique Rahman’s long exile
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has drawn criticism for accusing former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of abandoning her people, while his own party’s acting chairperson, Tarique Rahman, has lived in exile for nearly two decades.
Bangladesh
Fakhrul says Hasina fled Bangladesh because she had ‘no attachment to her people’
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday accused former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of abandoning her supporters and the country during last year’s mass uprising, saying her flight from Bangladesh proved she had lost touch with the people. Speaking at a views-exchange meeting in Jagannathpur union of Thakurgaon Sadar, in […]