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Police spokesman Khalid Zadran said the explosion happened in the western part of the city, in the Dashti Barchi area. Police launched an investigation, he said.

The eight persons arrested include Dhaka south city unit BNP joint convener Nabi Ullah Nabi and five activists of Jubo Dal, which is the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party's youth wing.

The attack is the deadliest in Iran since 1978, when arson killed more than 370 people trapped in a cinema in Abadan, in the country's southwest, according to AFP archives.

Ahead of the elections, Hasina's government arrested tens of thousands of rival politicians and supporters, a move which rights groups have condemned as an attempt to paralyse the Opposition.

They are also considering enhancing air services including low cost carriers from Saudi Arabia like Flynas and Flyadeal.

The Israel-Lebanon border has seen regular exchanges of fire, mainly between Israeli forces and Hamas ally Hezbollah, since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7.

Wajima city has recorded the highest number of deaths with 69, followed by Suzu with 38. More than 500 people were injured, at least 27 of them seriously.

The bipartisan law passed in June 2022 was the most sweeping gun legislation in decades and requires extra checks for any gun purchases by people under age 21.

The medications would be only for certain people, including foster children, inmates, certain elderly patients and — eventually — Medicaid recipients.

Fire service officer Rakjibul Hasan said at least four coaches caught fire on the Benapole Express, which was arriving in the capital Dhaka from the western city of Jessore.

The three shepherd children, between the ages of five and 15 years, were grazing goats in the fields in the Khajori area and were killed when one of them stepped on a landmine.

The top commander of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard linked the attack to the U.S. The gathered crowd shouted: "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel!"

Around 30 protestors prevented Robert Habeck from disembarking the vessel on Thursday as he returned from a winter break on the North Sea island of Hallig Hooge.

Bowie, who died on January 10, 2016, of liver cancer would have been 77 on Monday.

Currently over 10,000 PTI workers and leaders are languishing in jails in different parts of the country after May 9 events.

At least 10 Nepali nationals serving in the Russian Army have been confirmed killed so far while fighting Ukrainian forces.

Warships from China and the US conducted rival exercises in the sea this week amid heightened tensions involving US ally the Philippines.

In 2023, security and law enforcement agencies intensified anti-militant kinetic actions with 129 operational strikes, compared to 87 in 2022, resulting in 425 deaths and 51 injuries.

Armed conflict has raged in Myanmar's northern Shan state since October when an alliance of ethnic minority groups launched an offensive against the military junta.

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, had on Monday called for promoting "a solution to encourage the emigration of Gaza's residents".