Pak agencies backing terror groups: India
India’s home minister hit out at Pakistan on Saturday, accusing its state agencies of using terror to try to destabilize India, and rejecting Pakistan’s assertion that non-state actors are involved in terrorism.
Khaleda wanted Thailand-like situation: Hasina
Renewing her party’s allegation that Khaleda Zia boycotted the January-5 election sensing defeat, the prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief had actually wanted to create a Thailand-like situation where martial law was declared amid the opposition’s movement.
Khaleda urges people to boycott AL
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday urged people to boycott the ruling Awami League accusing the party of killing, repression and corruption. ‘Let us boycott the Awami League…
Zaglul Ahmed Chy killed in road accident
Senior journalist and South Asian analyst Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury was killed in a tragic road accident in the city’s Karwan Bazar area on Saturday night. He was 65. Zaglul fell from a bus while getting down and received fatal injuries at Karwan Bazar intersection.
Spirited Tigers make it 4-0
Bangladesh showed their true character recovering from a potentially disastrous situation to post a 21-run win in the fourth one-day international and take 4-0 lead in the five-match series against Zimbabwe in Dhaka on Friday.
Venezuela plans salary cuts due to oil price slide
Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro said on Friday he and other government officials should take salary cuts as part of budget reductions in response to the lower price of oil.
Three dead in militant attack and Islamist protests in Egypt
Three dead in militant attack and Islamist protests in Egypt
11 killed, 29 hurt in Nepal bus crash
A bus has veered off a mountain road in west Nepal, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 29.
Locals block road at Natunbazar
Local people, including students of local educational institutions, on Friday blocked rod at Natunbazar in the capital for more than one hour demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of killers of a minor girls of the locality.
MEETING WITH KHALEDA
Nisha stresses strengthening democracy
