violence

Guns, God and grievances: Belgium's Islamist "airbase"

"A breeding ground for violence" the mayor of Molenbeek called her town, speaking of unemployment and overcrowding among Arab immigrant families, of youthful despair finding refuge in radical Islam.
16 November 2015

DU students torch bus on campus, beat up 3 transport workers

A group of Dhaka University students set fire to a public bus on the campus over an altercation with its supervisor yesterday.
3 November 2015

Mahmudur among 9 indicted over Tejgaon arson

A Dhaka court frames charges against Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman and 8 others in an arson case of March 2013.
29 October 2015

1 killed in Natore AL infighting

A local activist of the ruling Awami League has been killed and five others injured during infighting at Natore’s Singra upazila.
22 October 2015

Indonesia's Aceh province tears down churches after religious violence

Authorities in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Monday began tearing down several small Christian churches after hardline Muslims demanded their closure.
19 October 2015

Gunman kills Israeli soldier as diplomats seek calm

In the latest unrest, an Israeli soldier is killed in a shooting at a bus station in the southern city of Beersheba, the first such attack after a day in which violence seemed to somewhat ebb.
19 October 2015

Bogra medical college shut after BCL infighting

Authorities have shut Ziaur Rahman Medical College in Bogra for an indefinite period after an infighting of the college’s BCL.
7 October 2015

New kind of violence undid BCB plans

Ultimately it was the killing of an Italian national in Dhaka by unknown perpetrators that is believed, within the BCB, to have led to Australia calling off their tour of Bangladesh.
2 October 2015

Army Ranger uses GoPro to document domestic abuse claim

An army ranger straps a GoPro to his waist and records footage which proved his claims of domestic violence, reports Fox News.
23 September 2015

Gunmen kidnap tourists, local woman in Philippines

Two Canadians, a Norwegian and a local woman have been kidnapped from a tourist resort in the southern Philippines, the military has said.
22 September 2015

10 dead in Pakistan bus stop blast

At least 10 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in an explosion at a bus terminal in the Pakistani city of Multan, officials say.
14 September 2015

I am a proud 36-year-old: Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan feels that the reason women are wary of revealing their age is because of the pressure to look young in a "youth obsessed society".
8 September 2015

MK Anwar sent to jail in Comilla

A Comilla court sends BNP standing committee member MK Anwar to jail in a case filed for petrol bomb attack on a bus in the district earlier this year.
18 August 2015

Unicef condemns violence on children

The UN body on children condemns violence against children and lauds media efforts in bringing such incidents to light.
6 August 2015

Girl gang-raped in Dhaka

A female worker is gang-raped allegedly by one of her colleagues and his two cohorts in Uttara area of Dhaka.
31 July 2015

‘IS bombings’ kill 120 in Iraq on Eid day

A car bomb kills 120 people and injures at least 130 at a busy market in an Iraqi town, officials have said.
18 July 2015

Violence against women treated as lesser crime: Angelina Jolie

Actress-filmmaker Angelina Jolie, addressing the African Union summit, has called for more global support to end violence against women around the world.
14 June 2015

SC halts HC order on Rajshahi city mayor

The apex court stays a High Court directive that halted the government’s suspension order of Rajshahi city Mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul.
4 June 2015

7 burnt as bus firebombed in Comilla

Police cannot say about the motive of the attack; probe body formed to investigate.
3 June 2015

Hollywood actor Matt Dillon visits Rohingya camp (video)

American actor Matt Dillon put a rare star-powered spotlight on Myanmar's long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims, visiting a camp for tens of thousands displaced by violence.
2 June 2015