Sat 27 March 2021: Bangladesh has deployed border guards after deadly protests against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rocked the country. The violent protests, which began on Friday at the main mosque in the capital, Dhaka, spread to several key districts in the country, leaving five people dead and scores injured. A […]
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Sat 27 March 2021: At least 91 people were killed during ongoing protests against the military rule in Myanmar on Saturday, media reported. According to Myanmar Now, as of 4:30 p.m. local time (10:00 GMT), the death toll has totaled 91. Fatalities are reported in the cities of Yangon, Bago, Mandalay and surrounding regions. A […]
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Fri 26 March 2021: The Taliban announced readiness to start attacking foreign soldiers stationed in Afghanistan if the pullout of troops is not completed by the May 1 deadline as envisioned by the movement’s 2020 deal with the United States. On Thursday, US President Joe Biden said that Washington may not meet the May 1 […]
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Fri 26 March 2021: At least four people were killed and dozens were injured when activists of a non-political Islamic group clashed with police in Bangladesh’s largest port city on Friday afternoon, according to local police. Several hundreds of Hefazat-e-Islam activists gathered after Friday prayers in Chittagong to protest the visit of Indian Prime Minister […]
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Fri 26 March 2021: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Bangladesh to attend its Golden Jubilee celebrations of independence and the birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country’s founder and father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Modi’s two-day tour to the Muslim-majority nation, starting on Friday, will cap Dhaka’s 10-day celebrations already […]
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Fri 26 March 2021: China has introduced restrictions on nine UK citizens and four entities in response to London’s sanctions on Beijing over the situation in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday. On Monday, EU foreign ministers imposed sanctions on four Chinese officials and one entity that they believe […]
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Fri 26 March 2021: US President Joe Biden told reporters on Thursday the United States may not meet the May 1 deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan due to tactical issues. “It is going to be hard to meet the May 1 deadline in terms of tactical reasons,” Biden said when asked about the US […]
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Fri 26 March 2021: Turkey raised the issue of Uyghur Muslims during talks with China’s foreign minister in Ankara on Thursday, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, as hundreds of Uyghurs protested against the treatment of their ethnic kin in China, Reuters reported. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Cavusoglu and later President Tayyip Erdogan as around […]
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Thu 25 March 2021: A 54-year-old man was arrested from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly duping people in the name of Haj or Umra yatra, police said on Wednesday. The accused was identified as Intezar Sayed Mehandi, a resident of Kaushambi district in UP. The police said that in 2017-2018, Mehandi, who worked as a tour […]
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Thu 25 March 2021: After a video – that shows a man in Delhi being thrashed by another man as he is forced to chant “Pakistan Murdabad (down with Pakistan)” – was widely shared on social media, police said the accused has been arrested and an FIR (filed a first information report) has been filed in the […]
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