by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in TheDaily Star, Dec 11, 2023A crucial meeting between the Awami League and its 14-party allies ended last night without any concrete decisions on seat sharing. At the meeting, held at the AL organising secretary Mirza Azam’s office in parliament, participants could not reach a consensus over the withdrawal of “AL independents” who would compete against AL partners. Frustrated by what they said was the AL dilly-dallying over resolving the seat-sharing…
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report in Dawn, November 21st, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A militant was killed as police and Frontier Corps personnel repulsed an attack on a checkpost here on Sunday night. A police spokesman said that militants stormed the Kot Azam checkpost in the limits of Gomal police station with heavy weapons on Sunday night, but the attack was foiled as police and FC jawans promptly responded, forcing the militants to flee. He said that after the attack,…
by Tripti Shahi in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 20, 2023Bimala Tiruwa, a new mother who gave birth three weeks ago, has been languishing in a tarpaulin tent after the 6.4 magnitude earthquake destroyed her rented house in Khalanga, the district headquarters of Jajarkot, on November 3. Bimala says that her days are bearable thanks to the warmth of the sun but it is a tough time for her to spend the night under the tent.…
Report in Dawn, October 10th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A policeman was martyred and another sustained injuries when militants attacked the Hathala police station here on Sunday night. A police official said a group of militants attacked the police station located in the suburbs of Dera with rockets and grenades, attempting to break the central gate. However, the police personnel foiled their attempt. The official said that besides hand grenades, five rockets were also fired at…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 25, 2023Two temples in Dhaka’s Nawabganj upazila were vandalised by unidentified miscreants on Saturday night. The incident took place at Bhurakhali village located on the bordering area between Nawabganj and Manikganj’s Singair. “The Kali temple was set on fire around 11:30pm. It was partially damaged as locals doused the fire immediately,” said Ananda Bepari, president of the temple’s management committee. After a few minutes, three idols were vandalised in…
report in Prothom Alo, 16 Sep 2023The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four alleged active operatives of banned militant outfit ‘Ansar Al Islam’ in separate drives conducted in different places of Thakurgaon and Dinajpur districts Thursday night, BSS reports. Flight Lieutenant Mahmud Bashir Ahmed, senior assistant director (Media) of RAB-13 confirmed their arrest in a press release issued on Friday night. It said, “Acting on intelligence, a team of RAB-13 conducted a drive and arrested…
report inThe Daily Star’, JUly 11, 2023At least one person was injured as a crude bomb went off in the capital’s Moghbazar intersection last night. Inspector (Operations) Abdus Kuddus said that the incident took place on Dilu Road around 10:00pm. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel.Police immediately went to the spot and recovered another unexploded crude bomb from the area. The identity of the injured could not be known. The…
Report in Dawn, April 15th, 2023HYDERABAD: Unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants gunned down son of a former superintendent of police in Qasimabad phase-I late on Thursday night. Arsalan alias Naveed Jamali, son of Ahmed Khan Jamali, was sitting outside a friend’s house along with two other friends when four assailants on two motorcycles shot at him six to seven times after confirming his identity, leaving him dead. He was taken to Liaquat University Hospital’s city branch where…
Report in Dawn, March 20th, 2023KHYBER: Armed men attacked a police checkpost in Bara tehsil of the Khyber tribal district on Saturday night, damaging a vehicle parked there. Sources in Bara said that a group of militants hurled grenades at a checkpost, which was established inside a mosque in Merikhel locality. They said that the attack caused fire to a vehicle parked inside the checkpost, while the attackers managed to escape when the policemen retaliated…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Feb 15, 2023QUETTA: A constable was injured in an attack on a police station late on Tuesday night. Police officials said unknown armed men hurled a grenade at the Shalkot police station located on the outskirts of Quetta, which exploded in its courtyard. “A police constable received injuries in the explosion,” a senior police officer said, adding that the injured was immediately shifted to a hospital. Police has launched a…