‘India assures of sharing info on militancy’

India assures of sharing information on militancy with Bangladesh, says Senior Secretary to the Home Ministry Mozammel Haque Khan. He was talking to reporters following a secretary-level meeting between Bangladesh and its neighbouring India.
17 November 2015

Europe refugee row intensified

A German minister yesterday warned against drawing a hasty link between refugees and perpetrators of the deadly Paris attacks, warning that the IS group could be trying to exploit the debate over Europe's migrant influx.
16 November 2015

France strikes ISIS targets

Twelve French warplanes have bombarded Raqqa, the de facto “capital” of IS in Syria, two days after bombing and gun attacks in Paris killed 129 people. The air strikes late on Sunday were the first since the Paris attacks, and saw 12 French air force planes drop 20 bombs on Islamic State group positions.
16 November 2015

Pianist plays 'Imagine' cover at Paris memorial scene (video)

A pianist plays John Lennon's ‘Imagine’ on a portable piano at a memorial close to the Bataclan concert hall in Paris where at 89 people were killed.
16 November 2015

Guns, God and grievances: Belgium's Islamist "airbase"

"A breeding ground for violence" the mayor of Molenbeek called her town, speaking of unemployment and overcrowding among Arab immigrant families, of youthful despair finding refuge in radical Islam.
16 November 2015

France's fragile economy under siege after Paris attacks

France's fragile economic recovery is under threat after the Paris attacks, economists say, with tourism and consumer spending likely to come under siege.
16 November 2015

Don't give in to base reactions

European Union countries should not give in to base reactions of rejecting refugees after the Paris attacks because the shooters were criminals, not asylum seekers, European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker said yesterday.
15 November 2015

Car used in attacks found in Paris suburb: Police

A black Seat car used by gunmen who fired at people in restaurants during the attacks in Paris on Friday found in the eastern suburb of Montreuil, police say.
15 November 2015

Eiffel Tower goes dark as France mourns deaths

The Eiffel Tower stood dark in a symbol of mourning Saturday night as France struggled to absorb the deadliest violence on its soil since World War II: coordinated gun-and-suicide bombing attacks across Paris that left at least 129 people dead and 352 injured.
15 November 2015

First attacker identified from Paris carnage

French police identify first of seven gunmen who killed at least 129 people in a wave of carnage claimed by Islamic State group, as international investigators stepped up their probes into Paris's worst ever attacks.
15 November 2015

France's worst nightmare came true

Simultaneous attacks on multiple targets by gunmen and suicide bombers working in unison: a nightmare scenario that France's anti-
14 November 2015

UN climate talks to go ahead

The UN climate conference scheduled on November 30 will go ahead as planned near despite the terror attacks that killed 129 people in
14 November 2015

Possible consequences

Peace talks to end the Syrian civil war had drifted along for years before a snowballing refugee crisis in Europe this summer and
14 November 2015

AN ACT OF WAR

In a wave of bombings and shootings across Paris, gunmen and suicide bombers killed at least 129 people at a concert hall, restaurants and the national sports stadium yesterday, the deadliest day of attacks in France since World War II. Eight militants, all wearing suicide vests, brought unprecedented violence to the streets of the French capital.
14 November 2015

'Paris concert gunman was French, known to have Islamist ties'

One of the gunmen who died after attacking a Paris concert hall has French nationality and is known to have ties with Islamist militants, a source close to the inquiry into a series of deadly attacks in Paris says.
14 November 2015

WB giving $177m more for power sector

The World Bank approves an additional tranche of $177 million for Bangladesh’s power sector to increase reliable and low-cost electricity.
14 November 2015

Islamic State video threatens France a day after Paris attacks

Islamic State releases an undated video threatening to attack France if bombings of its fighters continue, a day after gunmen and bombers killed at least 140 people in Paris.
14 November 2015

Paris attacks: Eyewitness accounts

Dozens of people have been killed in multiple gun attacks in Paris and a hostage-taking situation. Here are some accounts from witnesses in the city:
14 November 2015

Paris attacks: At least 127 killed at Bataclan and restaurants

At least 127 people are killed in multiple gun and bomb attacks in Paris. France declares national state of emergency and closes its borders after attack.
14 November 2015

75 more BNP-Jamaat men held in 5 districts

At least 75 BNP and Jamaat-Shibir men were held in Nilphamari, Satkhira, Thakurgaon, Jhenidah and Sylhet districts yesterday and the
12 November 2015