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According to police estimates, around 24,000 of the country’s nearly 43,000 polling centres have been marked as either “high” or “moderate” risk. In Dhaka alone, 1,614 out of 2,131 centres have been identified as sensitive. Dhaka: Bangladesh is preparing for one of its most heavily guarded general elections, with authorities classifying more than half of the country’s polling stations as vulnerable to potential disturbances. Officials have said that nearly 90 per cent of voting centres will be monitored by CCTV cameras, while additional security forces will be deployed across the country, particularly in the capital, Dhaka. According to police estimates,…

Asif said Pakistan’s decision to side with the US after 1999, especially in the Afghanistan conflict, caused deep and lasting damage. He admitted that the country allowed itself to be dragged into wars that were never truly its own. New Delhi: In a big confession, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif openly admitted that the United States used Pakistan for its own strategic goals and then discarded it “worse than toilet paper.” While speaking in the parliament, Asif tore them apart, calling Pakistan’s alignment with Washington a grave mistake that left the country weakened and unstable. Asif's big reveal on…

Lucy Harrison's death only became public more than a year later when a coroner’s inquest was opened in the UK, where sudden deaths of British citizens overseas are required to be formally examined. New Delhi: A 23-year-old British woman, Lucy Harrison, was shot dead by her father at his home in Texas hours after an argument over President Donald Trump and gun ownership, US media reported. An inquest hearing was told that Harrison was visiting her father, Kris Harrison, when she was fatally shot in the chest near Dallas on January 10 2025. Her death came to public attention more…

The suspect, identified as a female, has been shot dead and efforts are on to determine whether a second shooting is involved in the incident. The shooting took place at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in the British Columbia Province. Ottawa (Canada): At least 10 people were killed and about two dozens injured after a mass shooting at a secondary school in the Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge on Wednesday, CTV news reported. Police said one suspect is dead but released few details, adding that information on the victims, motive, and circumstances has not yet been confirmed. Authorities said updates would…