Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: DHAKA
A place called home
By : Laura Olson :: In Dhaka, Bangladesh, the Bhola Slum is a consequence of the many factors that have prompted people to migrate from traditional rural livelihoods to urban centers, in the precarious hope that they will find a
Bangladesh coal plant could cause 6,000 early deaths: Greenpeace
:: A giant coal-fired power plant approved by Bangladesh could drastically worsen air pollution for millions and cause the early deaths of 6,000 people over its lifetime, Greenpeace said Friday. Bangladesh is constructing the 1,320-megawatt power plant on the edge
Bangladesh clears execution for top extremist leader
Bangladesh’s highest court Sunday rejected the final appeal by a top extremist leader to overturn his death sentence, all but paving the way for his execution within weeks. The Supreme Court upheld a 2008 order to execute Mufti Abdul Hannan
Bangladesh police shoot suspected militant armed with explosives
Bangladesh police shot and killed a suspected militant who tried to enter a security checkpost on a motorcycle armed with explosives on Saturday, the latest in a string of security incidents since a deadly attack on a cafe in July.
Acid victims redefine beauty in Bangladesh fashion show
Teen model Shonali Khatun strutted the catwalk as the audience cheered at a fashion show in Bangladesh’s capital. But Shonali is no ordinary model, and this was no ordinary show. She and the 14 other models are survivors of acid
Bangladesh forces kill 11 suspected Islamist militants
Bangladeshi forces Saturday killed eleven suspected Islamist extremists including the new leader of a banned group behind a massacre at a Dhaka cafe this year, a minister said. “Eleven extremists were killed. They are all members of the new JMB
Bangladesh Hindu teacher’s attacker killed in shootout
A suspected Islamist militant was killed on Saturday in a shootout, police said, days after he critically wounded a Hindu college teacher in the latest attack on minority groups. Ghulam Faijullaha Fahim, 19, who was in police custody, was shot
Bangladesh’s ‘Tree Man’ undergoes successful surgery
A Bangladeshi father dubbed “Tree Man” for massive bark-like warts on his hands and feet on Saturday underwent a successful operation to remove some of the growths, a hospital said. A nine-doctor team took three and a half hours to
Bangladesh court upholds death sentences for UK envoy attack
A Bangladesh court Thursday upheld the death sentence of a top militant and two of his followers for a 2004 failed assassination attack on the British ambassador that left three people dead. The High Court dismissed appeals by Mufti Abdul
Top U.N. official says mass migration ‘unavoidable reality’
Mass cross-border migration is an “unavoidable reality” and it is “impossible to stop” the flow of refugees in need of sanctuary, the United Nations’ top official in charge of migration said during a visit to Bangladesh. In an interview with
Saudi-funded Bangladesh schools, shelters opened
The second batch of schools and shelters funded by a Saudi charity has been handed to a Bangladeshi community affected by a recent cyclone. Prince Badr bin Abdullah, a board member of the King Abdullah International Humanitarian Foundation (KAIHF), delivered
ISIS claims attack on Ahmadi mosque in Bangladesh
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack at a mosque of the minority Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh, in which the suspected bomber died and at least three others were injured. U.S.-based
Explosions rock Bangladesh naval mosque; 6 injured
At least six naval personnel were seriously wounded in explosions at the end of prayers on Friday at a mosque inside a Bangladesh naval base in Chittagong, police said. Two people were arrested in connection with the blasts. Police said
Bangladesh lifts ban on Facebook; WhatsApp, Viber still barred
Bangladesh has lifted a ban on Facebook, three weeks after it was imposed for security reasons in the tense country, but mobile messaging apps remained barred, the telecoms minister said. The government ordered Facebook, WhatsApp and Viber blocked last month
Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh to set up fertilizer plant in Dhaka
Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh are setting up a flagship fertilizer project in Dhaka, visiting Finance Minister Abul Maal A. Muhith told Arab News. Muhith said Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf had accepted his proposal to set up the joint fertilizer
Gunmen attack mosque, kill 1 in Bangladesh
Gunmen opened fire on Shiite devotees during evening prayers at a mosque in northern Bangladesh, killing one person and leaving three others injured, police said. There were at least five assailants, who fled after the attack Thursday evening in Haripur
Arrest in Bangladesh over death threats to secular writers
Bangladesh police have arrested a suspected militant for sending death threats to prominent secular academics, as the country reels from rising extremist violence, officers said Wednesday. Police accuse Abdul Haque, a former teacher at an Islamic seminary, of threatening noted
Bangladesh war convicts seek presidential clemency
Two Bangladeshi opposition leaders on Saturday asked the president to save them from death penalties, Law Minster Anisul Huq told Reuters. Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the final appeals by Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury against
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