Five people got hurt after a homemade explosive went off during a fight between political groups in Shariatpur. The National Citizen Party was doing a protest march for their guys, Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, who was killed, and Motaleb Shikder, who was shot. Things blew up, literally, when an argument started over a motorcycle ridden by a member of the BNP's student wing, Chhatra Dal.
Both sides are pointing fingers at the other for starting the violence that led to the cocktail explosion. Local police showed up after getting the call and managed to shut the whole thing down. The march had been moving through the Chowrangi area when everything went sideways.
Cops in Khulna picked up a woman named Tonima, also called Tonni, for a shooting. The victim was Motaleb Shikder, a top guy with the National Citizen Party's worker wing in that region. He got shot inside a rented apartment near Sabujbagh Surgical Clinic on Al Aqsa Mosque Sarani.
The place was rented last month by Tonni and some dude pretending to be her husband. Police say Shikder was a frequent visitor. Officers found drug paraphernalia and some personal items belonging to women at the scene, along with a used bullet casing. Their working theory is that the whole thing might be tied to narcotics or some kind of personal dispute involving a woman.
The detective branch grabbed Tonni after the incident. Shikder is currently over at...
More than fifty people got hurt in a big village fight over in Habiganj. It happened in Nabiganj upazila, in a place called Mandarkandi. Two local factions, one led by Samu and Abdul Hair and the other by Muhit Mia, have been beefing over farmland and general clout for a while. Things finally blew up.
People from both groups, men and women, went at it for like two hours. They were using homemade weapons and chucking bricks and rocks at each other. Local cops from the Nabiganj station showed up to shut it down. Soldiers from the Baniachong Army Camp also rolled in later to help keep the peace.
All the injured folks were taken to get medical care at the Nabiganj Upazila Health Complex and the Habiganj Modern Sadar Hospital. The police...
Well, here's a mess. A retired Indian Army officer, Major Sammer Singh Toor, is apparently making death threats online against a Bangladeshi political activist named Hasnat Abdullah. This follows the recent killing of another activist, Osman Hadi. The threat was posted publicly and got a lot of traction, which people are calling a psychological tactic.
This Hasnat Abdullah guy is a coordinator from that quota reform movement and has been critical of what he calls Indian meddling in Bangladesh's business. After the threat, Bangladeshi security around him got tighter, and their government is basically telling India to knock it off. For his part, Abdullah has hinted he could rally support for separatist groups in India's northeast, the...
The cops in Bangladesh are digging into a political murder and stumbled onto a huge money trail. The main guy they want, Faisal Karim Masud, also called Daud Khan or Rahul, is still missing. They popped a bunch of his crew, though, even some family, for helping him hide. This all started after Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, who was with Inqilab Moncho and was gonna run for office in Dhaka-8, got shot in Purana Paltan.
The real kicker is the bank stuff. The Criminal Investigation Department checked out a pile of checkbooks from the suspects. They found records for checks totaling a wild 218 crore taka that were never actually cashed. More importantly, they tracked over 127 crore taka in seriously sketchy transactions through accounts linked to...
What a total clown show over in Bangladesh. This supposed international soccer cup ended with Argentine and Brazilian players stuck in their Dhaka hotels because the organizers bounced without paying for their flights. Teams from Argentina, Atlético Charlone, and Brazil, São Bernardo, got completely stranded after their final match got axed. The whole mess got promoted by some outfit called AF Boxing Promotion International, run by a guy named Mohammad Asaduzzaman.
The Brazilian coach, Edson, was super pissed. He said they only found out their tickets were fake when they got to the airport. His club had to buy the last-minute flights themselves. He even complained to the Brazilian embassy and soccer officials back home, basically...
The minister basically said Jamaica would be totally screwed without the global help after the hurricane. Kamina Johnson Smith gave a big thanks to a ton of countries and groups for sending aid. She named a whole list of places, pitching in, from Caribbean neighbors like The Bahamas and Trinidad to bigger players like the United States, China, and the European Union. She also shouted out agencies like the UN and the Red Cross.
She got specific about the help, mentioning things like mobile clinics and mental health support from groups including PAHO and UNICEF. Even private companies in other islands sent stuff. The minister made a point to thank the Jamaican diaspora too, calling them a special part of the effort. She did nod to some...
Ghana just shipped a bunch of their people over to Jamaica to help clean up after that hurricane. We're talking 49 army engineers and five doctors landing at Norman Manley International Airport. Jamaica's Foreign Minister, Kamina Johnson Smith, was there to meet them, thanking Ghana for the assistance. This whole thing got moving after Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness asked Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama for a hand.
The head of the group, a guy named Emanuel Asia, said his team is ready to get to work. He mentioned the long connection between the countries, going way back to the Kwame Nkrumah days. The engineers are supposed to help rebuild whatever got wrecked, and the doctors will pitch in with medical stuff for the hit...
The new government in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is making changes to its foreign service. Foreign Minister Fitz Bramble stated that diplomatic posts will now be filled by qualified people who reliably follow the administration's policies. He said the country will use its overseas missions as the main tool for pushing its international goals. The recently elected New Democratic Party administration, which won a huge majority, also plans to review its role in various regional and global organizations.
Bramble pointed out the tricky global situation with shifting politics and economic instability. He argued this requires a very careful and strategic approach to foreign relations for a small developing nation. He mentioned that trade...
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