HAMILTON, Canada (AA)- A Pakistani national has been charged with murder-for-hire in an alleged plot to assassinate current and former government officials, the US Justice Department announced Tuesday. Asif Merchant, 46, arrived from Pakistan in April after spending time in Iran. He met an undercover FBI agent posing as a hitman and paid him $...
In what observers are calling a hopeful move, Bangladesh’s “Students Against Discrimination” movement has taken to using mosque loudspeakers to promote communal harmony amid the country’s current unrest. In a special announcement broadcast from mosques across the nation the group urged citizens to stand united in protecting Hindu communities a...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The key coordinators of the student movement that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee Bangladesh announced Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus as the chief advisor of the interim government on Tuesday. In a video posted on social media, key coordinator Nahid Islam along with two other coordinators said “we have decid...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s president ordered the release of opposition leader Khaleda Zia late Monday, hours after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid widespread protests. A statement from President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s office said that all political parties had agreed to dissolve parliament to form a tr...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysia has issued a travel advisory to its citizens traveling to or residing in the UK amid riots in the country. “Malaysians residing in or travelling to the United Kingdom are urged to stay away from protest areas, remain vigilant and follow the latest updates and guidance provided by local authorities,” the […...
Leaders of the Students Against Discrimination, Mohammed Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud, issued a joint statement on Facebook, calling for the establishment of a new political order By MNTV Desk DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) – Bangladesh has been thrown into political turmoil as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned after 15 years in power, marking th...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule of the country ended on Monday as she fled weeks of deadly protests and the military announced it would form an interim government. Hasina had sought since early July to quell nationwide protests against her government, but she fled after a brutal day o...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Protesting students in Bangladesh have rejected the prime minister’s call for dialogue. “The door of the Ganabhaban (official prime minister’s residence) is open. I want to sit with the students and listen to them. I want no conflict,” said Sheikh Hasina, the premier. She also ordered the release of “innocent” st...
Bangladesh has banned the opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, under anti-terrorism laws. The ban, effective immediately, was announced by the Home Ministry and has sparked strong criticism from Jamaat-e-Islami. The party denounced the action as unconstitutional and a diversion from ongoing student prot...
ANKARA (AA) – A group of eminent citizens in India has written a letter to the country’s defense minister, calling on him to halt the license process that enables exporters to send arms and ammunition to Israel. “India should immediately suspend its collaboration in the delivery of military material to Israel. Further, India must immediately [...
