Wife of Bangladeshi anti-terrorism policeman stabbed, shot dead

Three assailants riding a motorcycle stabbed and then shot Mahmuda Aktar, 33, while she was on her way to put her son onto a school bus near her home in the southeastern port city of Chittagong, police said. BRIEFCASE 1 Wife of a cop known for battling Islamist extremism shot dead. 2 Assailants riding bike stabbed and then shot Mahmuda Aktar. 3 Government launches security crackdown on militant groups. The...

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Narendra Modi, Ashraf Ghani inaugurate landmark Rs 1,700 crore Afghan-India Friendship Dam

HERAT ( AFGHANISTAN ): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani today jointly inaugurated a landmark dam, a Rs 1,700 crore showpiece infrastructure project by India in strategically important Herat province, reflecting India's strong commitment to reconstruction of the war-ravaged country.  The Afghan-India Friendship Dam, earlier known as Salma Dam , on river Chist-e-Sharif in western Herat neighbouring...

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