Dr Fahmida Khatun :: Paris was preparing for November 30, not November 13. Both dates reflect threats of two different natures to the human civilisation. Both have similar origins. They are the creations of developed nations manifested in two different forms. But victims are innocent people in both cases. The horrific attacks in Paris have left the people of France ...

A Pakistani man extradited from the UK to the US has been sentenced to 40 years in jail for plotting attacks in several countries. Abid Naseer, 29, was sentenced by a federal judge in New York. US authorities said he had been part of a plot to attack Manchester, New York City and Copenhagen. In March, a jury found him ...

A female Pakistani fighter pilot has died after her aircraft crashed in Punjab province. Marium Mukhtiar was on a routine training mission when her plane met an “in-flight emergency” over Mianwali district, the air force said. She and her co-pilot ejected. She later died from her injuries in hospital. Flying Officer Mukhtiar was one of a small number of women ...

A Chinese military newspaper has given details of a raid in Xinjiang province against suspected militants. The People’s Liberation Army Daily said that, at one point, flamethrowers were used to flush out militants hiding in a cave, who were then shot. It said they were behind a “brutal” attack on the public, which may refer to an attack on a ...

Two airlines have cancelled all flights between Sharm el-Sheikh and the UK until January following the suspected bombing of a Russian passenger jet. British Airways flights are cancelled up to and including 14 January and Easyjet services to the Egyptian resort are suspended until at least 6 January. Easyjet said the move was made to provide some certainty to passengers ...

Turkish warplanes have shot down a Russian military aircraft on the border with Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Su-24 was hit by air-to-air missiles fired by Turkish F-16s while it was flying over Syrian territory. But Turkish military officials said the plane was engaged after being warned that it was violating Turkish airspace. Mr Putin described the incident ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has bitterly condemned the downing of a Russian jet on the Turkey-Syria border. He described it as a “stab in the back” committed by “accomplices of terrorists”. Turkey says its jets shot at the plane after warning that it was violating Turkish airspace. But Moscow says it never strayed from Syrian airspace. Nato is to hold ...

  Thanks to a special Al-Amin hat-trick, superb tactical changes from skipper Mahmudullah and senseless batting from Sylhet, Barisal managed to defend 108 by a single run. It was another final-over finish, the fifth in six games kept the crowd on the edge of their seats, as a wicket or a boundary swung the match dramatically. Taijul Islam bowled the ...

Dhaka Dynamites showed a firm determination in securing a six-wicket victory over Comilla Victorians in their opening and the 2nd match of BPL-2015 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital yesterday. In a surface that got slower as the time progressed, Dhaka Dynamites, a team owned by the country’s leading business conglomerate Beximco Limited, came up with an unwavering ...

angladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Tuesday sacked Italian Head Coach of Bangladesh National Football Team Fabio Lopez, reports news agency UNB. The National Team Management Committee of BFF, in a meeting with BFF Vice-President cum committee chairman Kazi Nabil Ahmed MP in the chair, decided to sack the head coach for the dismal performance of the national football team in ...