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17 Killed, Over 100 Injured In Explosion At Dhaka Building
At least 17 people, including two women, were killed and over 100 others injured on Tuesday in a powerful "earthquake-like" explosion at a seven-storey building here in Bangladesh's capital city, police and local residents said.
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Bangladesh Depot Fire That Killed 41 Brought Under Control
Firefighters in Bangladesh brought a blaze at a container depot under control on Tuesday, three days after fiery explosions killed at least 49 people at a facility that a senior fire service official suspected had not followed safety guidelines.
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7 Dead, 50 Hurt In Bangladesh Blast Likely Caused By Gas Line
At least seven people were killed and another 50 people were injured after a powerful explosion ripped apart a three-storey building in central Dhaka on Sunday, Bangladeshi officials said, citing a gas pipeline as the likely cause.
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3 Injured In Blast At Bangladesh's Dhaka, ISIS Claims Responsibility
A police officer and two others were injured in a powerful blast claimed by ISIS in Bangladesh capital Dhaka.
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70 Dead In Fire In Apartments Used As Chemical Warehouses In Bangladesh
At least 70 people were killed when fire tore through crumbling apartment blocks in a historic part of Dhaka, setting off a chain of explosions and a wall of flames down nearby streets, the officials said on Thursday.
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Terrorist Who Supplied Weapons For 2016 Bangladesh Cafe Attack Arrested
Bangladesh has arrested a suspected terrorist who supplied weapons and explosives for a 2016 siege that killed 22 hostages, a top police official said Sunday.
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7 Killed As Bangladesh Police Raid Extremist Hideout In Dhaka
At least seven people including two children were killed in an explosion after Bangladesh government forces raided the suspected hideout of a top Islamist extremist, police said on Wednesday.
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6 Killed, 50 Injured In Twin Blasts In Bangladesh's Sylhet. Anti-Terror Operation Under Way
Two explosions ripped through a crowd on Saturday, killing six people and injuring around 50 others in Bangladesh's northeastern city of Sylhet as army commandos stormed a terrorist hideout, police said. The "powerful" blasts went off some 400 metres from the hideout, targeting police and hundreds of onlookers who were watching the commandos conduc...
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Bangladeshi Suicide Bomber Had Strapped Bomb To Body: Autopsy
The Bangladeshi suicide bomber who blew himself up at the international airport in an attack claimed by the ISIS had strapped explosives to his body, doctors said today, disputing the police's stand that it was not a suicide bombing.
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Bangladesh New Year Terror Attack Foiled; 5 Terrorists Arrested
A major terror attack in Bangladesh on the New Year's eve has been foiled with the arrest of five operatives of the banned terror group JMB along with guns and 30 kgs of explosives, police said today.
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Will Find Out Who Supplied Weapons To Terrorists, Says Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today vowed to trace the "roots" of the culprits who supplied weapons and explosives to the terrorists who killed 20 people, mostly foreigners, in a barbaric attack on a cafe.
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Dhaka Hostage Crisis Stretches Over 10 Hours, ISIS Issues Claim
Bangladesh forces stormed a restaurant where heavily armed terrorists held dozens of people hostage for 10 hours, triggering explosions and finding at least five bodies lying in pools of blood. Japan government said that 12 people were rescued.
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Sri Lanka to assess security ahead of Bangladesh tour
Dhaka has been gripped in a wave of political unrest following the general elections held there last week. In December, the West Indies Under-19 team withdrew from the tour to Bangladesh after a bomb explosion in Dhaka.
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Clashes, blasts mark Bangladesh opposition protest
Several bombs exploded in Bangladesh's capital and police clashed with protesters on Tuesday as opposition leaders enforced a daylong, nationwide general strike over police intimidation.
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Press statement on alleged explosion near President Pranab Mukherjee's hotel in Dhaka
A bomb exploded this afternoon in front of the hotel in Dhaka where President Pranab Mukherjee is staying on his official visit to Bangladesh. Nobody was injured.
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17 Killed, Over 100 Injured In Explosion At Dhaka Building
At least 17 people, including two women, were killed and over 100 others injured on Tuesday in a powerful "earthquake-like" explosion at a seven-storey building here in Bangladesh's capital city, police and local residents said.
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Bangladesh Depot Fire That Killed 41 Brought Under Control
Firefighters in Bangladesh brought a blaze at a container depot under control on Tuesday, three days after fiery explosions killed at least 49 people at a facility that a senior fire service official suspected had not followed safety guidelines.
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7 Dead, 50 Hurt In Bangladesh Blast Likely Caused By Gas Line
At least seven people were killed and another 50 people were injured after a powerful explosion ripped apart a three-storey building in central Dhaka on Sunday, Bangladeshi officials said, citing a gas pipeline as the likely cause.
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3 Injured In Blast At Bangladesh's Dhaka, ISIS Claims Responsibility
A police officer and two others were injured in a powerful blast claimed by ISIS in Bangladesh capital Dhaka.
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70 Dead In Fire In Apartments Used As Chemical Warehouses In Bangladesh
At least 70 people were killed when fire tore through crumbling apartment blocks in a historic part of Dhaka, setting off a chain of explosions and a wall of flames down nearby streets, the officials said on Thursday.
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Terrorist Who Supplied Weapons For 2016 Bangladesh Cafe Attack Arrested
Bangladesh has arrested a suspected terrorist who supplied weapons and explosives for a 2016 siege that killed 22 hostages, a top police official said Sunday.
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7 Killed As Bangladesh Police Raid Extremist Hideout In Dhaka
At least seven people including two children were killed in an explosion after Bangladesh government forces raided the suspected hideout of a top Islamist extremist, police said on Wednesday.
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6 Killed, 50 Injured In Twin Blasts In Bangladesh's Sylhet. Anti-Terror Operation Under Way
Two explosions ripped through a crowd on Saturday, killing six people and injuring around 50 others in Bangladesh's northeastern city of Sylhet as army commandos stormed a terrorist hideout, police said. The "powerful" blasts went off some 400 metres from the hideout, targeting police and hundreds of onlookers who were watching the commandos conduc...
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Bangladeshi Suicide Bomber Had Strapped Bomb To Body: Autopsy
The Bangladeshi suicide bomber who blew himself up at the international airport in an attack claimed by the ISIS had strapped explosives to his body, doctors said today, disputing the police's stand that it was not a suicide bombing.
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Bangladesh New Year Terror Attack Foiled; 5 Terrorists Arrested
A major terror attack in Bangladesh on the New Year's eve has been foiled with the arrest of five operatives of the banned terror group JMB along with guns and 30 kgs of explosives, police said today.
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Will Find Out Who Supplied Weapons To Terrorists, Says Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today vowed to trace the "roots" of the culprits who supplied weapons and explosives to the terrorists who killed 20 people, mostly foreigners, in a barbaric attack on a cafe.
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Dhaka Hostage Crisis Stretches Over 10 Hours, ISIS Issues Claim
Bangladesh forces stormed a restaurant where heavily armed terrorists held dozens of people hostage for 10 hours, triggering explosions and finding at least five bodies lying in pools of blood. Japan government said that 12 people were rescued.
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Sri Lanka to assess security ahead of Bangladesh tour
Dhaka has been gripped in a wave of political unrest following the general elections held there last week. In December, the West Indies Under-19 team withdrew from the tour to Bangladesh after a bomb explosion in Dhaka.
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Clashes, blasts mark Bangladesh opposition protest
Several bombs exploded in Bangladesh's capital and police clashed with protesters on Tuesday as opposition leaders enforced a daylong, nationwide general strike over police intimidation.
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Press statement on alleged explosion near President Pranab Mukherjee's hotel in Dhaka
A bomb exploded this afternoon in front of the hotel in Dhaka where President Pranab Mukherjee is staying on his official visit to Bangladesh. Nobody was injured.
