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DHAKA, 26 March, 2021, (TON): Police suspect that the object was stored to orchestrate violence during Indian PM Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh

Law authorities on Thursday cordoned off an under-development working close to Chittagong's Kalurghat Radio Station as they found a bomb-like object alongside a huge supply of sticks and lights.

Chittagong Metropolitan Police's (CMP) Chandgaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mustafizur Rahman said, "We are suspecting that the object and sticks were stored to orchestrate violence during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bangladesh visit."

Tipped off, a large number of policemen sealed off the 10-storey building of Bashudha Builders, located opposite the Kalurghat Radio Station, at around 8pm, Mustafizur said.

"After that, the police searched every floor of the building. One person was arrested while trying to flee during the drive,” he added.

It was also learned that the BNP planned to carry out a day-long program on March 26 in the Kalurghat Radio Station area – which bears the memory of its founder and former president Ziaur Rahman – to mark the golden jubilee of Bangladesh's independence.

However, the program was later postponed in response to Covid-19 infections and fatalities in the country.

 

KABUL, 18 March, 2021, (TON): Three individuals have been killed and 11 others injured when a side of the road bomb hit a transport conveying Afghan government workers in Kabul on Thursday, authorities said.

The bombarding went ahead the day the Afghan government, Taliban, and key nations, including the US and Russia, accumulate in Moscow to push for a decrease in viciousness to impel the Afghan harmony measure forward.

A spokesman for the Kabul police confirmed the casualty figures but gave no further details. Another official said the vehicle was carrying Afghan government employees.

The blast hit a bus which was rented by the Afghan ministry of information and technology to transport employees, said Abdul Samad Hamid Poya, a ministry adviser.

He added that it was unclear at the moment who the victims are.

 

KABUL, 13 March, 2021, (TON): A powerful car bomb at almost a police headquarters on 13 March, 2021 night killed at any rate seven individuals and injured in excess of 50 others in Afghanistan's western Herat territory, officials said.

Many homes and shops were likewise harmed in the impact as rescuers hurried to the scene to help a few groups caught under the rubble, Qatali said

Russia intends to hold a meeting on Afghanistan in Moscow on March 18 and has welcomed a few provincial players, including the Afghan government and legislators to kick off the harmonious interaction as discretion by foreign forces including Washington increase.

It comes at a crunch time for the peace process as a May 1 deadline for foreign troops to withdraw from Afghanistan looms and the United States reviews its plans.

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