Deposition in Khaleda cases deferred again
Dhaka: The deposition of witnesses’ in the two graft cases against BNP Chairperson and former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was deferred once again. The court of Dhaka’s Third Metropolitan Sessions Judge Basudeb Roy set September 17 as the new date to record testimonies after the defence counsel pleaded for more time.
65 militants killed in Pak military offensive
Islamabad: At least 65 militants were killed on Wednesday as Pakistani air force jets pounded Taliban hideouts in the restive North Waziristan tribal region, where the military is mounting a major offensive against the Taliban militants.
Afghan officials: 14 killed in US airstrike
Kabul: Afghan officials say 14 people, including civilians, have been killed in a US airstrike in eastern Afghanistan.
Syria rebel group names new chiefs
Beirut: Syria’s Islamist Ahrar al-Sham rebel brigade named new chiefs after a devastating blast that killed nearly 30 members of its leadership in northeastern Idlib province.
Missouri executes man for killing 2
Bonne Terre(US): A Missouri inmate has been put to death for killing two people during a restaurant robbery in 1998.
Ship lost 170 yrs ago found near Canada
Toronto: Canadian underwater archaeologists have found the wreckage of one of the two British exploration ships, which were part of the famed Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition 170 years ago.
Pak Sunni cleric shot dead in Karachi
Karachi: In an apparent sectarian killing, a prominent Pakistani Sunni cleric was shot dead by unknown gunmen while travelling in his car here on Wednesday. The killing of Maulana Masood Baig comes three days after Shia leader Allama Ali Akbar Kumaili and his guard were shot dead in the city.