Dhaka: Bangladesh police have arrested a man belonging to Jamaat-e-Islami for threatening Professor Anisuzzaman and Muntassir Mamoon with death. He had issued threats under the mask of the Islamic State. Under pressure to accept the presence of ISIS in Bangladesh, the government has repeatedly denied the terrorist organisation's establishment here. Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said that those who claim to belong to ISIS are all “fruits of the same tree.”
ISIS claims responsibility for attack on Bangladesh Shi'ite shrine
Dhaka: The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack carried on a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Bangladesh, killing one person and wounding three others. Witnesses said three young men stormed into the mosque situated in northwestern Bogra district, and shot at worshippers. “They opened fire after locking the main gate and then fled immediately after the shooting,” police official Ahsan Habib said. SITE monitoring service said the Islamic State had claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack follows the recent bombing on the biggest Shi'ite shrine in the country.
Anti-abortion `terror' attack kills 3 in US
Washington: In what could be categorised as a terrorist event, 57 year old Robert Lewis Dear, a suspected anti-abortion activist stormed a Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado Springs with a gun, resulting in the death of two civilians, a police officer, and multiple casualties after an hours-long shootout that ended with his capture. US entities are loath to call them terrorist attacks although they meet the FBI's definition of terrorism, “The unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.”
Indian actor drowns in waterfall in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur: An upcoming Malaysian-Indian actor was found dead in northern Malaysia after he allegedly slipped and fell from a waterfall. The 25 -year -old Keshava Rajan was found between rocks at the Lubuk Degong Waterfalls in Bidor of Ipoh state. The actor was reported missing after he had slipped and was swept away by strong currents while on picnic with his family. The police said rescue team found his body stuck between rocks. Rajan was scheduled to leave for Chennai for the final preparations for the premiere of his debut film 'Ka Ka Ka Po'.
Memorial plaque for Indian techie unveiled in Australia
Sydney: The family of Prabha Arun Kumar, who was stabbed to death in Sydney this year, has unveiled a plaque in her honour. Her parents, husband, daughter and brother, who were present at the function, took a walk on the same path at Parramatta Park, where she was killed. “No mother or father should go through what they have been through in having to bury their own daughter,” her brother said. Kumar was on the phone with her husband when she told him that a suspicious-looking man was following her before she started pleading with her attacker not to harm her. “I think I've been stabbed,” were her last words to as she collapsed.
Nepal Maoists burn Indian embassy vehicle
Kathmandu: Members of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist said they have set a vehicle belonging to the Indian embassy on fire. The party members claimed that they burnt the vehicle and smashed its window panes to protest India's blockade of transport of supplies of food items and other commodities to Nepal. However, both, the police and embassy officials have rubbished the claims by Netra Bikram Chand and said the vehicle caught fire due to a technical fault. Meanwhile, the CPN-Maoist has called for a shutdown in Nepal in protest.
Pakistan minister escapes unhurt in blast, 2 killed
Peshawar: Pakistan federal minister for housing Akram Khan Durrani escaped unhurt in an IED blast which killed two people in the volatile northwest of the region. The bomb exploded in a roadside in Bakakhel area of Bannu bordering volatile Miran Shah in North Waziristan Agency, killed two officials of the health department on the spot and injured three others. Durrani narrowly escaped as his vehicle had already cross the spot, police said. An official said that the minister's motorcade was on its way back from Bakakhel when a remote device hit one of the vehicles. Police have cordoned off the area and launched an operation to arrest the perpetrators.
Top Pak Taliban commander killed
Islamabad: A recent American drone strike killed a senior commander of the Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan, near the border with the North Waziristan region. Commander Khan Sayed, also known as Sajna, led a breakaway faction of the organisation. Pakistani intelligence officials said the drone strike occurred in the Damma region in Khost Province, near Shahadianu Patala, a Pakistani town. They said the strike had killed 12 other militants and wounded 20. The claims have not yet been independently confirmed, mostly because of the remoteness of the site and restrictions on journalists' access to the area.
Khaleda Zia gets bail after surrender
Dhaka: Former Bangladeshi prime minister and opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia got bail over Niko graft case. Her lawyer Khandaker Mahbub Hossain said the court has fixed 28 December for the hearing of framing the charge of this case. Khaleda appeared before the court of special judge Amirul Islam to surrender in line with the Supreme Court directives. She faces corruption charges over awarding a gas field to a Canadian company in exchange for kickbacks during her tenure as premier. The high court in June this year rejected Khalida's plea seeking to quash a graft charge over contracting out a gas field to Canada's NIKO as the lower court trials were underway involving the case.
