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India will walk shoulder to shoulder with people of Afghanistan, says Modi

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said his country, which was yet to emerge from shadows of terrorism, was fighting a battle against terror and extremism on behalf of its partners and was looking forward to an economically integrated Asia, where peace between States prevailed. He wanted India and Afghanistan to make SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) an ...

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Finland drops depth charges in ‘submarine’ alert

Finland’s navy has dropped depth charges in waters near Helsinki as a warning to a suspected submarine. An unidentified object was spotted on Monday within Finnish territorial waters. It was detected again early on Tuesday, the navy said. The incident comes amid growing concern in the region over Russia’s military exercises. In October, Sweden launched a hunt for a foreign ...

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Nepal on ‘war footing’ as quarter of population hit by quake

Nepal is “on a war footing” as it tries to help survivors following Saturday’s earthquake, its prime minister says. Sushil Koirala said the government was doing all it could but was overwhelmed. The UN has estimated that eight million people have been affected – more than a quarter of the population. Foreign aid is arriving but being hampered by congestion ...

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Saudi Arabia ‘arrests 93 members of Islamic State cell’

Saudi Arabia has arrested 93 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State (IS) and foiled several plots, the interior ministry has announced. The official Saudi Press Agency reported that the arrests had taken place since December and that the suspects included 65 Saudi nationals. The group had set up training sites in a remote area of the al-Qassim region and ...

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3 minors rescued, trafficker held

Three minor boys were rescued and a human trafficker was nabbed by the law enforcers while trafficking from Taltola area in the city early Tuesday. The victims are— Arafat Hossain, 12, son of Abdul Awal, Asadul Islam, 13, son of Ferdaus Mia and Joynal Abedin, 9, son of Muktar Mia, hailed from Shantipur village of Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria district. ...

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Growers eye bumper jackfruit yield in Sylhet

Growers in 12 upazilas in the Sylhet district are expecting a bumper production of jackfruit this year because of the prevailing favourable weather condition. After excellent budding in the maximum number of trees, the tender jackfruit is becoming bigger in size this season, predicting an abundant yield. The jackfruit farming brought about a silent revolution in the district as many ...

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Obaidul Quader visiting the construction work of Kazirbazar Bridge in Sylhet

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said BNP’s participation in and boycotting the city corporation elections was nothing but a drama. Participating in the city corporation election was not BNP’s target. They’re trying to find out an issue to continue their movement—but they won’t succeed,” Obaidul told reporters while visiting the construction work of Kazirbazar Bridge in ...

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High-rise buildings in Sylhet lack fire safety facilities

Most of the high-rise buildings in Sylhet city have been built without adequate fire safety provisions and fire fighting facilities, violating building construction and civil defense codes. People concerned fear that these buildings may turn into death traps if a fire breaks out there. Fire service and civil defence authorities claimed that not a signal owner of these high-rise buildings ...

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Tigers thrash Pakistan in Twenty20, too

Bangladesh extended Pakistan’s woes with a seven-wicket victory in the lone Twenty20, displaying yet another commanding performance at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in the capital yesterday. Playing with passion, gusto and guile, they contained Pakistan to a below par 141-5 after which Shakib Al Hasan and Sabbir Rahman Rumman both struck defining half-centuries to help the side ...

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