Under a twinkling chandelier in a gilded room at the Irish embassy in London, Binti Ali Kiza walked slowly to the podium. She looked nervous and cold, despite the blanket over her shoulders and the woollen cap on her head, but her voice was firm as she said: “This is the voice of a grassroots woman.” The Kenyan activist had ...

A suicide bomber in a tricycle taxi blew himself up outside a busy today fish market and killed at least 10 people in Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeastern Nigeria, according to witnesses and a security officer. “I saw many dead bodies lying on the ground, many dead, and several others badly injured,” said fish seller Idi Idrisa. People are ...

Islamic State militants have begun destroying the ruins of the ancient city of Hatra, Kurdish sources in northern Iraq say. Hatra was founded in the days of the Parthian Empire over 2,000 years ago and is a Unesco world heritage site. Earlier this week, IS militants began bulldozing the nearby ruins of the Assyrian city of Nimrud. IS, which controls large ...

An Egyptian man has been executed for pushing a teenager from a building, the first time that Egypt has enacted any of the death sentences given to hundreds of people accused of taking part in the unrest that followed the removal of Mohamed Morsi as president in 2013. Mahmoud Ramadan was hanged for his role in the murder of a young Morsi ...

Unidentified miscreants attacked on the residences of BNP leader Dildar Hossain Selim in Sylhet city on Friday night. The houses were attacked belonged to Sylhet district BNP formar Vice-President Dildar Hossain Selim Security guard Abdur Razzak, who was on-duty Ali Complex also claimed of seeing over four person took off on foot at Selim house. officer-in-charge of Sylhet Kotwali police ...

Despite a government direction to resume academic activities in Sylhet schools during the ongoing hartal and blockade, the schools are yet to be become fully functional. School authorities said that the parents and guardians are afraid to send their children to schools due to the risk of arson attacks. The teachers, however, hoped that the situation will improve from next ...

Bean farming is gradually becoming popular here as more and more farmers are cultivating the vegetable on their lands. The vegetable, produced aplenty, is supplied to the local market after meeting up the local demand. Sources said, farmers are passing busy times in harvesting bean from their lands. Farming of bean requires less cost and time, so a number of ...

A cotton godown was burnt down in fire incident in Bagbari area of Sylhet city of the district on Friday evenning at 3 pm. Police and fire service sources said the fire had originated from a heap of cotton godown owned by Kamal Bording and engulfed the whole godown. On information, a fire-fighting team from Sylhet fire service station rushed ...

The Economist in its latest issue commented that it is unclear whether there is any peaceable way out in Bangladesh. An article of the London-based news magazine titled ‘Politics in Bangladesh on the boil,’ said an adviser to Mrs Zia thinks a UN-monitored election would be one possibility. However, the UN squandered much of its credibility in this context during ...

Tower Hamlets Council and its partners across the NHS are encouraging residents to be a ‘proud quitter’ on No Smoking Day, Wednesday March 11. This year’s national campaign is focusing on ex-smokers who share their reasons and motivations for quitting. Stop smoking advisers will be seen across Tower Hamlets providing free and friendly advice, information and support on local stop ...