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Iraqi Forces Free 44 Bangladeshis Abducted In Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 30 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi security forces freed 44 Bangladeshi citizens, who were held captive in Baghdad for…

Iran, Russia Plan To Hold Joint Naval Drill In Gulf Waters

TEHRAN, Iran, April 30 (NNN-IRNA ) – Iranian and Russian forces will stage a naval drill in the Gulf later…

Iran Launches 10 MW Solar Power Plant In Fars Province

TEHRAN, Iran, April 30 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran has launched a 10 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Abadeh in the…

India election: 64 per cent turnout in fourth phase, violence in West Bengal

People show their forefingers marked with indelible ink after casting vote during the fourth phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections…

Global military expenditure rose 2.6 percent to US$1.8 trillion in 2018

STOCKHOLM, April 29 (NNN-BERNAMA-SPUTNIK) — The global military spending increased in 2018 by 2.6 per cent up to US$1.822 trillion, with…

Bangladesh’s special force cordones off building believed to be militant hideout

DHAKA, April 29 (NNN-BSS) — Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today cordoned off a tin-shed building in the Bosila Metro…

Sri Lankan govt bans two terror outfits NTJ, JMI following serial blasts

COLOMBO, April 29 (NNN-NEWSLK) – President Maithripala Sirisena using the power vested in him, under Emergency Regulations No. 01 of…

Floods submerge hundreds of houses in Indonesia

The evacuation of flood victims in Musi Banyuasin district, South Sumatra. Photo courteys od Antara This is the third flooding that has affected…

Technician Of India’s Jet Airways Commits Suicide

MUMBAI, India, April 28 (NNN-PTI) – A 45-year old senior technician with the beleaguered Indian airline, Jet Airways, allegedly committed…

10 Killed, 26 Injured After Bus Falls Into Gorge In Northern India

NEW DELHI, India, April 28 (NNN-PTI) – At least 10 people were killed and 26 others injured, some of them…