The incident took place in the absence of most of the locals, who were attending the midnight mass at a church in a nearby village in Bandarban district.
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China approves Brahmaputra dam in Tibet, on a scale to surpass Three Gorges Dam, with security concerns for India
The dam is to be built at a huge gorge in the Himalayan reaches where the Brahmaputra river makes a huge U-turn to flow into Arunachal Pradesh in India and then to Bangladesh.
The total investment in the dam could exceed 1 trillion yuan (USD 137 billion), which would dwarf any other single infrastructure project on the planet, including China’s own Three Gorges Dam, regarded as the largest in the world, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he was at Yemen airport when Israeli airstrike targeted it
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was present at Yemen airport when Israeli airstrikes hit it
Japan Airlines recovers from cyber-attack; announces resumption of flights from Dec 27
Japan Airlines said that there was no virus in its system or any customer data leaks resulting from the cyber-attack. It had first noticed the problem this morning (around 7.25am in Japan) when snags began to crop up in its luggage check-in system. Acting quickly, the carrier suspended all ticket sales — domestic and international — for the rest of the day.
Renowned Pakistani author Bapsi Sidhwa passes away at 86 in the US
Her novel Ice Candy Man — later adapted into the critically acclaimed film Earth by Indian-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta — captured the horrors of the 1947 partition, a period Sidhwa personally witnessed as a child.
Azerbaijan Airlines flight with 67 onboard crashes in Kazakhstan, 27 survive
Azerbaijan Airlines flight with 67 onboard crashes in Kazakhstan. 27 people survived the mishap.
Syria’s instability poses terrorism threat to Southeast Asia, warns Singapore’s security agency
Instability in Syria following former president Bashar al-Assad’s fall may have spillover effects on Southeast Asia and Singapore, the city-state’s Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Monday, December 23.
Christmas tree set on fire by suspected ‘Islamists’ in Syria, triggers massive protest
Christmas tree set on fire by suspected ‘Islamists’ in Syria. The incident triggered massive protests by the Christian community in the country. This is the first time Christians are observing Christmas in the country since the fall of former President
Sheikh Hasina’s son accuses Yunus-led Bangladesh interim government of political witch hunt
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest warrants for Hasina and several former Cabinet ministers, advisers, and military and civil officials for “crimes against humanity and genocide”.
Taliban government says Pakistani airstrikes caused civilian casualty in Afghanistan
Taliban government claims several civilians killed in Pakistan’s airstrike in Afghanistan
