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MNA Editorial Desk: The crude bomb attack on police in Dhaka should not be played down, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, adding that the blast could be a precursor to a bigger plot by militants. The roads and bridges minister warned that although the attack was ostensibly aimed at the police, ministers and parliamentarians could become targets in future. Two policemen were injured in the incident that took place around 9:20 pm on Saturday in Dhaka’s Science Laboratory intersection. One of them was escorting LGRD Minister Tazul Islam through the area. “Police were undoubtedly the target of the ...

MNA International Desk: A group of Bollywood filmmakers, historians, and citizens have written to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to stop mob attacks on minority Muslims and others at the bottom of society. Hindu mobs have targeted Muslims on suspicion of slaughtering cows they consider sacred as well as Dalits, the lowest group in the Hindu caste hierarchy, for being engaged in the cattle trade. Upper-caste Hindus consider the cow to be a holy animal that should be revered, while lower caste Dalits and minority Muslims slaughter cows and consume beef for business and nutritional purposes. “The lynching ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said attempts are being made to carry out terror attacks in Bangladesh, but the intelligence and law enforcement agencies are on alert. “Many efforts are being made to conduct attacks also in Bangladesh. But our intelligence and law enforcement agencies are taking adequate pre-cautionary measures,” she said noting that Zayan Chowdhury, 8, a grandson of Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, lost life in a terror attack in Sri Lanka. The Prime Minister said this while addressing the inaugural function of a non-stop intercity train service, the Bonolota Express, on Dhaka-Rajshahi route through ...

MNA International Desk: Twin attacks on the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the country’s military headquarters Friday left dozens dead or wounded, security sources said. The apparently coordinated attacks underlined the struggle the fragile West African nation faces in containing a bloody and growing jihadist insurgency. The government said the attack on the military was a suicide car bombing, adding that a regional anti-terrorism meeting may have been the target. Eight members of the armed forces were killed by the blast and the parallel attacks on the French embassy, while 80 were wounded, said Security Minister Clement Sawadogo. The ...

MNA Exclusive Desk: The UN human rights chief on Tuesday condemned the ‘widespread, systematic and shockingly brutal’ attacks on Rohingyas as well as decades of discrimination and persecution. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein urged a Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council on the current situation of the minority Rohingya Muslim population in northern Rakhine State ‘to take the appropriate action to stop this madness now’. He asked: ‘How much do people have to endure before their suffering is acknowledged and their identity and rights are recognised, by their government and by the world?’ The High Commissioner urged the Council ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Bangladesh witnessed a spate of violent attacks against secular bloggers, academics, gay rights activists, foreigners, and members of religious minorities in 2016, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2017. Referring to the attacks on Holey Artisan Bakery and Solakia eid prayers, the report reads: “Although Islamist extremist groups, including the Islamic State or ISIS, claimed responsibility for most of these killings, the government blamed domestic groups, and said some had links to the main opposition political parties. “Thousands of people were arrested, and dozens of alleged members or supporters of extremist groups are said to ...

MNA National Desk: Law enforcement agency on Sunday morning detained nine more miscreants for their involvement in the attacks on the Hindu community in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria. Identities of the detainees could not be known immediately. Abu Jafar, officer-in-charge of Nasirnagar Police Station, confirmed that police conducted separate drives in different areas of the upazila and arrested them. Meanwhile, five days after the violent attacks, a group of miscreants also set fire on three houses of the Hindhu community and a temple on 3 October. An attempt was made again to set fire on the house of the upazila ...

MNA National Desk: The CTTC (Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Friday suspected a person named Marzan as one of the masterminds of the recent militant attacks. Monirul Islam, additional commissioner and chief of the CTTC unit, at a press conference on Friday said that the name of Marzan rose during the inquiry into the Gulshan Holey Artisan Bakery attack case. Earlier the home minister said that Canadian Tamim Chowdhury and sacked army officer major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque and more suspected masterminds have been recognized. Monirul also claimed that they came to know ...

MNA Editorial Desk: As news agency reports, at least five people, included in the missing list released by Bangladeshi Law enforcement agency after the Gulshan and Sholakia attacks, may have moved in to India. The report said that the problem was a crucial part of a current meeting between home ministers of Bangladesh and India in New Delhi. Three days back, RAB has published names of 68 persons were missing since 2011. All of them aged between 15 and 40 years. Two months back, Assam police smashed a JMB campground in Chirang district, which was used for working out purpose ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Law enforcement agencies have found the source of the arms used in the recent militant attacks in Dhaka’s Holey Artisan Bakery and Sholakia, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque said. He told this in a program held at Police Staff College in Mirpur area in Dhaka on Monday. He said that, “The arms used in the attacks were not very modern. We have found the source from where the attackers got them (arms). The masterminds of the attacks have been identified and they are under surveillance.” However, law enforcement agencies were trying to combat militancy ...

MNA Business Desk: A chain of remarkable cyber attacks against banks has amplified fears for industries becoming an attractive aim for hackers. Banks in Bangladesh, the Philippines, Vietnam and Ecuador have been abused over the past year in the attacks on the international interbank service known as SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication). Cyber security experts said that these attacks are likely just the tip of the iceberg, and expect more exposes. “Cyber criminals are no longer targeting grandmothers at home for small amounts, but going directly where the money is.” said Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, a researcher with the ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has claimed that the law enforcement agency (Police) and his ministry had prior information of the Gulshan and Sholakia attacks. Kamal at the time of talking at a conversation in Dhaka on Sunday said, “The government had information that something might happen in Gulshan and had made all kinds of preparations for it. We know who is behind this and who supported them.” the minister shared this at Krishibid auditorium. Kamal later claimed that as soon as the Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner got the info of gunfire at Holey Artisan Bakery on ...

MNA International Desk: The US State Department warns Americans about possible terrorist attacks in Europe this summer, saying targets could include tourist sites, restaurants and large events such as the European Soccer Championship in France. The month-long European Championship starts in Paris on June 10, drawing the best international teams from the continent and hundreds of thousands of fans. It mirrors a similar warning from President Francois Hollande and comes as forensic police and armed officers took part in a terror drill outside football stadiums in Paris and Lyon. The State Department said, “Euro Cup stadiums, fan zones, and unaffiliated ...