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"Homosexuality crackdown": Saudi authorities seize rainbow toys
Saudi officials are seizing rainbow-coloured toys and articles of clothing from shops in the capital as part of a crackdown on homosexuality, state media reported.
Crackdown on in Malaysia
The Immigration Department of Malaysia yesterday rounded up at least 37 Bangladeshis in a countrywide crackdown against
Cases filed against BNP men as they committed crimes: PM
Responding to BNP's allegation of facing too many cases, PM Hasina said that cases have been filed as they had committed such crimes adding that those who burnt people to death in the name of movement must be punished.
Tk 10 lakh reward for militant who returns to normal life: Rab
Benazir Ahmed, director general of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), announces Tk 10 lakh reward if any activist of militant outfits returns to normal life and gives specific information about their activities.
CROSS TALK / Is the crackdown dousing fire with kerosene?
The ongoing crackdown is only rounding up hundreds of men every day with the jest of fishermen dragging a river. But can the numbers deliver the results, because a crackdown works like stray bullets having the greater chance of missing than hitting the targets?
Arrest not politically motivated: Home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that no one has been detained in the ongoing crackdown against militancy with any political motive.
Opinion: Anti-militancy drive and the mockery
Banned outfit Hizb-ut Tahrir pasting posters through Dhaka poses questions to the quality of the anti-militancy drive. Are the cops serious about this drive? If so, how can a bunch of militants openly paste posters in the city without getting caught?
Extortion on in pretext of crackdown: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says that extortion is going on across the country in the name of ongoing crackdown on militants.
Over 2,100 BNP men held during spl crackdown: Rizvi
Over 2,100 leaders and activists of BNP are so far arrested by law enforcers during the ongoing anti-militancy crackdown, the party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed claims.
Crackdown a pretext to suppress opposition: BNP
BNP fears that the government may suppress the opposition on the pretext of carrying out a crackdown on extremists across the country.
6 Bangladeshis among 971 ‘illegal expats’ held in Malaysia
Malaysian immigration department has nabbed 971 ‘illegal expatriates’, including six Bangladeshis, in an overnight nationwide crackdown.
Amnesty International warns over Rohingya crisis
Amnesty International said Bangladeshi migrants and persecuted Rohingya fleeing Myanmar faced "hellish" conditions on trafficking boats.
Govt showing utmost patience: PM
Terming Khaleda Zia as the leader of the militants, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that the BNP chief would have to face punishment for getting people killing in petrol bombs attacks.
12 BNP, Jamaat men held in Dhaka
Police detain at least 12 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in 24-hour raids through Dhaka