report in Global Times Published: 2017/11/12 18:08:39 Along the Sino-Vietnamese border, a special operations team is involved in the counter-terrorism fight to protect the people living in Chongzuo, in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The team, which was set up in February, is the first of its kind in the region, with 11 soldiers and one officer who were selected from more than 1,300 soldiers in their regiment. Chongzuo shares a 533-kilometer border with Vietnam…
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report in BDNews24.com, Nov 13,2017 Rangpur: With 47 fresh arrests, a total of 100 people have now been detained and sent to jail in two cases of arson attacks on Hindu homes in Rangpur following an alleged blasphemous post on social media. Rangpur Superintendent of Police Mizanur Rahman told bdnews24.com that the law enforcers made the new arrests on Sunday. “Most of them are activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and (its student front) Islami Chhatra Shibir,” he…
report in Prothom Alo, Nov 12, 2017 at 22:20 hrs AL general secretary Obaidul Quader speaks to newsmen at AL party president’s Dhanmondi office on Sunday. Photo: Prothom AloThe ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) has rejected outright Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia’s call for holding the next general elections under a non-partisan neutral government. “The polls will be held under the election commission, not under a partisan government. Like other democratic countries, the…
by Manik Miazee in Dhaka Tribune, Nov 13, 2017 BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said the ruling Awami League is desperate to win the next general elections by rigging the polls and depriving the people of their voting rights. She also said it is never possible for the Election Commission to hold a free and fair election under Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The BNP chief was addressing a rally at…