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Crash Death Rumour: Mob torches six buses in Gazipur

report in The Daily Styar, Jan 11, 2023At least 20 vehicles were vandalised and six buses set on fire by a mob on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gachha area of Gazipur city last evening following a rumour of road crash deaths. Vehicular movement on both lanes of the highway remained closed for about two hours as a result of the attack, according to police. Alamgir Hossain, the deputy commissioner (traffic) of Gazipur Metropolitan Police, said police…

Behind Al Qaeda’s ‘bizarre’ silence over Zawahiri successor

AFP report, January 4, 2023PARIS: Five months after the United States announced the killing of Al Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan, the global jihadist group has still not confirmed his death or announced a new boss. In early August, US President Joe Biden said US armed forces fired two missiles from a drone flying above the Afghan capital, striking al-Zawahiri’s safe house and killing him. But the group’s propaganda arms have continued to broadcast…

Rohingya leader shot, stabbed to death in Cox’s Bazar

report in Prothom Alo, 30 Nov 2022Some unidentified assailants shot and stabbed to death a Rohingya leader in a refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of the district early Tuesday, reports UNB. Shahab Uddin, 35, was a sub-leader, locally known as sub-majhi, of the No 12 Rohingya camp. He was also son of Monir Ahmed of the H/14 Block of the same camp. Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya police station, said a group of…