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200 people fall sick after ammonia leak in Bangladesh INTERNATIONAL

200 people fall sick after ammonia leak in Bangladesh

An explosion at a chemical fertiliser factory left at least 200 people needing medical treatment after toxic gas spread across large parts of Bangladesh's second city Chittagong, officials said Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
100 Bangladesh villagers injured after TV show dispute INTERNATIONAL

100 Bangladesh villagers injured after TV show dispute

A brawl broke out between villagers in eastern Bangladesh arguing over the plot of an Indian fantasy television serial, leaving 100 people injured, police said on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh arrests four women in cafe attack probe INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh arrests four women in cafe attack probe

Bangladeshi security forces said on Tuesday they had arrested four women suspected of being members of a home-grown militant group blamed for an attack on a Dhaka cafe last month in which 22 people were killed.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh police name third prime suspect in July cafe attack INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh police name third prime suspect in July cafe attack

Bangladeshi authorities named a third prime suspect on Monday in their investigation into the July 1 attack at a Dhaka cafe in which 20 hostages were killed, most of them foreigners.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
New York police hunt for gunman in Muslim cleric's killing INTERNATIONAL

New York police hunt for gunman in Muslim cleric's killing

New York City police searched for a gunman who killed a Muslim cleric and his associate as they left prayers at a mosque in the borough of Queens, a crime that sowed fear and sadness in their budding Bangladeshi community.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh police arrest five planning suicide attacks in Dhaka INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh police arrest five planning suicide attacks in Dhaka

Bangladesh police said on Friday they had arrested five members of a domestic Islamist militant group planning suicide attacks in the capital, Dhaka, as authorities hunted for the mastermind of a deadly assault last month.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Mammoth effort to save flood-stranded Indian elephant INTERNATIONAL

Mammoth effort to save flood-stranded Indian elephant

Huge crowds of villagers following a wild elephant stranded in Bangladesh for more than a month by floods are hampering efforts to rescue it, forest officials said Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh attack suspect dies in gunbattle INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh attack suspect dies in gunbattle

Bangladesh police said Friday a suspected Islamist extremist accused of carrying out a deadly attack on a prayer rally last month has been shot dead in a gunfight while in their custody.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Briton arrested over deadly Bangladesh cafe siege INTERNATIONAL

Briton arrested over deadly Bangladesh cafe siege

A British national and a student at a Canadian university have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in last month's deadly siege at a cafe in Bangladesh's capital, police said Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh, India mount rescue for flood-hit elephant INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh, India mount rescue for flood-hit elephant

Bangladesh and India are mounting a major rescue effort for a wild elephant struggling to survive after it was separated from its herd by floods and then washed across the border.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Militant killed in Dhaka raid a Bangladeshi-American INTERNATIONAL

Militant killed in Dhaka raid a Bangladeshi-American

One of nine suspected militants killed in a police raid in Bangladesh this week was a Bangladeshi-American who was a friend of one of the gunmen who attacked a cafe on July 1 killing 22 people, police said on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh hunts escaped extremist as it probes IS links INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh hunts escaped extremist as it probes IS links

Bangladesh on Wednesday launched a hunt for the survivor of a police raid on an extremist hideout which killed nine suspected Islamists who claimed to belong to the Islamic State group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016