Year: 2015

Jun 14

6 hurt in N’ganj bomb blast

At least six people were injured in a bomb explosion at a house in Fatullah of Narayanganj early Monday.

Narayanganj Superintendent of Police Biswas Afjal Hossain suspected their link with militant outfit as law enforcers found three books on jihad at the tin-shed rooms of one Abdul Khalek, the scene of occurrence, in Masdair Gabtoli Natun Bazar area of Fatullah.

The explosion occurred around 3:30am with a big bang at the two tin-shed rooms that the injured rented and the roofs of the rooms blew off following the explosion, the SP added.

A tense situation has been prevailing in the area following the explosion, reports our Narayanganj correspondent.

The injured were identities as Salauddin Hawladar, 29, Bachchu Mia, 25, Jamal alias Kamal, 25, Hossain, 24, Ibrahim, 20, and Jewel, 20. They were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

The conditions of the injured were stated to be critical.

Feb 02

NKorea lambasts South defence chief

North Korea has lambasted South Korea’s new defence chief for threatening to launch air strikes against the North and accused the South of causing “uncontrollable, extreme” tension on the peninsula.

The South’s Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin told a confirmation hearing Friday that jets would bomb the North if it stages another attack like the shelling on a front-line island that killed four South Koreans.

The North’s official Korean Central News Agency issued a statement Sunday accusing the South of staging a series of “frantic provocations” including the defence minister’s remarks.