Instead, army officers have been granted magisterial powers to help maintain law and order. Asked about concerns over potential human rights violations, Intekhab reassured that the army remains “highly vigilant” against such issues. “There are clear instructions from the highest levels to prevent any human rights violations or extrajudicial killings,” he said. On the army's nationwide deployment, he said, "The army is deployed across the country to help maintain law and order." Intekhab stressed that the army was mindful of using its magisterial powers "properly and in a regulated manner".

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Braley’s body was found in the Merrimack River four months later on March 18, 1990. Investigators believe Braley was “violently assaulted” before his body was thrown in the river. “During the initial stages of the investigation, several conflicting and contradictory stories concerning David’s disappearance circulated in the community,” according to a statement from the Attorney General’s Office. His relatives and investigators have urged anyone with information to come forward. •••Catherine McLaughlin can be reached at cmclaughlin@cmonitor.comThese articles are being shared by partners in the Granite State News Collaborative.

REUTERSRepublican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump takes the stage following early results from the 2024 US presidential election in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, Nov 6, 2024. Biden, 81, has portrayed Trump as a threat to democracy, while Trump, 78, has portrayed Biden as incompetent. Although Biden intends to use the meeting to show continuity, the transition itself is partially stalled. “The Trump-Vance transition lawyers continue to constructively engage with the Biden-Harris Administration lawyers regarding all agreements contemplated by the Presidential Transition Act," said Brian Vance, a spokesperson for the Trump transition, referring to the law that governs the transfer of power. “Everything is hinging on that.”Meetings with federal agencies aside, Biden and Trump will likely discuss a myriad of topics, including foreign policy.

Three people have been killed and four others injured after a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a CNG-powered autorickshaw in Sherpur’s Nokla Upazila. The accident occurred around 12:30pm on Tuesday in the Paiska Bypass area, according to Nokla Police Station chief Habibur Rahman. The collision left three people dead at the scene, while the injured were rushed to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital in critical condition, he said. Authorities are working to identify the victims.

WASHINGTON, Nov 13, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as head of the US Department of Homeland Security, a powerful post at the heart of the Republican's hard-line immigration policies. "Kristi has been very strong on Border Security. She was the first Governor to send National Guard Soldiers to help Texas fight the Biden Border Crisis, and they were sent a total of eight times," Trump said in a statement.

Previously, Taslima Nasreen attempted to validate this claim by citing a similar article on Facebook, alleging that Mahfuz Alam is a leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Fact-CheckRumor Scanner’s investigation reveals that Mahfuz who was arrested in 2019 for his involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir and Mahfuj Alam, the Chief Advisor’s Special Assistant, are two different individuals. Photos of those arrested were published in these reports, and Mahfuj Alam, the Special Assistant, does not appear in any of them. On September 14, Mahfuj Alam clarified these misrepresentations in a Facebook post, emphasizing his opposition to any undemocratic organizations, including Hizb ut-Tahrir. ConclusionThus, the circulating claim that Mahfuj Alam, the Chief Advisor’s Special Assistant, was involved in Hizb ut-Tahrir activities or was under remand in 2019 is unequivocally false.

Countrywide air alert in Ukraine as presidency warns of missile attack on KyivKYIV, Ukraine, Nov 13, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Ukrainian authorities issued air raid alerts covering the entire country on Wednesday, as the president's chief of staff warned of a missile attack on the capital. "Putin is launching a missile attack on Kyiv right now," Andriy Yermak said in a post on Telegram.

DHAKA, Nov 13, 2024 (BSS) - Bangladesh Meteorological Department today forecasted that weather may remain mainly dry over the country for the next 24 hours from this morning. "Weather may remain mainly dry with the temporary partly cloudy sky over the country", according to the forecast begins at 9 am. The low pressure over Southwest Bay and adjoining West central Bay now lies over West central Bay off north Tamil Nadu and adjoining area. Its' associated trough extends up to North Bay. Country's maximum temperature on Tuesday was recorded 34.5 degree celsius jointly at Feni and Ambagan and minimum temperature today was recorded 17.9 degree celsius at Tetulia.

Seven more people have died of dengue infection while 1,211 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. With the new counts, the number of people in hospitals with the fever has reached 74,800 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said as many as 430 were hospitalised in Dhaka among the new dengue patients until Tuesday morning, bdnews24.com reports. As many as 3,980 patients are currently undergoing treatment for dengue in hospitals across the country. The DGHS has been keeping records of dengue hospitalisations and deaths since 2000.

Trump no longer holds an executive title at the Trump Organization, which has been run by his two eldest sons since his 2016 election win. It has also signed an agreement with LIV Golf, controlled by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, and has hosted several LIV events on Trump-owned golf courses. "There's nothing stopping, say, the Saudi wealth fund, the Emirati wealth fund, the Kuwait wealth fund -- which all do major investments in technology stocks... from pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the stock," he said. Trump owns nearly 53 percent of the Trump Media Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of his Truth Social platform. "I think it'll be a much more transactional presidency, because there are no obstacles," Hass said of Trump's second term.

Gaza Aid Crisis Deepens As US Deadline Approaches UN warns aid levels are perilously low amid increasing famine risks and military tensionsWith the humanitarian crisis deepening, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has issued alarming warnings about the plummeting levels of aid entering Gaza. The agency reported this alarming decline as Israel approached a deadline imposed by the United States to improve the flow of humanitarian aid. "Aid entering the Gaza Strip is at its lowest level in months," said Louise Wateridge, UNRWA's emergencies officer, speaking through video link from Gaza. This initiative was pinned as part of their commitment to increase the overall volume and routes of humanitarian aid. Israel's continuous airstrikes have escalated, with the Israeli military reporting the losses of several soldiers amid their operations.

Mohammad Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, has written to the inspector general of police, urging him to take the necessary steps to secure Interpol red notices for the arrest of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other fugitives. Tribunal prosecutor BM Sultan Mahmud confirmed the matter on Tuesday. After an inspection of the renovations to the International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday, Law Advisor Asif Nazrul said: “This murderous group carried out massacres in July and August. We will seek red notices through Interpol to catch those who are absconding. The tribunal has since issued arrest warrants against Hasina in one case and 45 others, including her family members and Awami League leaders, in another case.

In northern Israel, two people were killed in the city of Nahariya when a residential building was struck, Israeli police said. In Mount Lebanon province in the middle of Lebanon, Israeli strikes killed eight people in the village of Baalchmay southeast of Beirut and 15 people in Joun village in the Chouf district, Lebanon's health ministry said. Israeli military chief Herzi Halevi, visiting troops in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, said Israeli forces were "operating very strongly" in the country. Hezbollah attacks have killed about 100 civilians and soldiers in northern Israel, the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and southern Lebanon over the last year, according to Israel. In a statement, Hezbollah said that since that date it had forced an Israeli retreat from several towns in southern Lebanon, without naming them, and promised more strikes against Israeli military targets.

Rumours about the reopening of ‘suspended’ Beneficiary Owner accounts have dragged the Dhaka Stock Exchange, or DSE, index 35 points down. However, rumours soon spread that the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, might allow the reopening of suspended BO accounts, which had been frozen due to alleged market manipulation. The SEC had earlier frozen the accounts of individuals and business groups accused of manipulating share prices. SEC spokesperson Md Rezaul Karim told bdnews24.com that the matter of reopening these accounts is under review to assess whether it could help enhance market liquidity. He added, "If the conditions set at the time of the suspension are met, the Commission may consider reopening these accounts.