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March 26, 2017 2:38 AM

Bangladesh: Two dead, 28 injured as commandos storm terrorists' den

In Bangladesh, 2 policemen and a college student were killed and 31 others injured this evening in 2 separate bomb blasts outside a suspected militant den in Shibbari area of Sylhet city in northern part of the country. Golam Kibria, Commissioner of Sylhet Police, told reporters that 5 of the injure...

March 26, 2017 2:37 AM

3 dead, 1 injured in Mexico prison fight between inmates

In Mexico, a fight between inmates at a prison has left three inmates dead and one injured. The clash followed a riot and mass escape at the prison in Ciudad Victoria, capital of the northern border state of Tamaulipas.<br/><br/>The state security spokesman said today that control had be...

March 25, 2017 9:34 PM

India&apos;s new envoy to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri arrives in Kathmandu

India's new envoy to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri has reached Kathmandu. Mr Puri, a 1982 batch IFS officer, was on March 10 appointed as India's 24th ambassador to Nepal. His predecessor Ranjit Rae completed his three and a half year-tenure on February 28. Mr Puri is scheduled to submit his le...

March 25, 2017 9:26 PM

Bangladesh: Two dead, 28 injured as commandos storm terrorists' den

In Bangladesh, 2 civilians were killed and 28 others injured in a blast outside a besieged suspected militant den in Shibbari area of Sylhet, northern part of the country today. Two police personnel and a journalist were among the injured. <br/><br/>Golam Kibria, Police Commissioner of S...

March 25, 2017 9:09 PM

Bangladesh: 2 dead, 28 injured as commandos storm terrorists' den

In Bangladesh, 2 civilians were killed and 28 others injured in a blast outside a besieged suspected militant den in Shibbari area of Sylhet, northern part of the country today. Two police personnel and a journalist were among the injured. <br/><br/>Golam Kibria, Police Commissioner of S...

March 25, 2017 7:18 PM

US and UK ban cabin laptops on some inbound flights

A ban on laptops and tablets in cabin baggage on flights from Turkey and some countries in the West Asia and North Africa to the US and UK has come into effect. <br/><br/>Officials said, devices larger than a smartphone must travel in the hold because of an increased risk that they could...

March 25, 2017 5:43 PM

Three killed, 25 injured in building collapse in China

In China, at least three people were killed and 25 others injured today when part of a residential building collapsed after a gas pipeline explosion in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. <br/><br/>Local officials said, the accident happened at a multi-storey residential building in Tumd R...

March 25, 2017 3:00 PM

Platform collapse at power plant in China kills 9

In China, nine people were killed and two injured when an operation platform collapsed at a power plant in Guangdong Province today. Sources with the local government of the outer Conghua District said the accident happened in the morning at an under construction Thermal Power Plant in the provincia...

March 25, 2017 2:59 PM

Air strike on prison in Syria's Idlib kills 16

In Syria, at least 16 people were killed in air strikes on a prison in the rebel-held northwest city of Idlib. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said that the dead included prisoners and prison guards. The Observatory said guards opened fire in the aftermath of the strike on fleeing pr...

March 25, 2017 1:40 PM

EU leaders gather to mark 60 years since the Treaty of Rome

Leaders of 27 European Union countries, except UK, are meeting in Italian capital Rome to celebrate 60 years since the Treaty of Rome was signed. The countries will sign a new declaration to honour the 1957 treaty, which paved the way for the bloc's foundation. In the new Declaration of Rome, t...

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