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Indian High Commission in Dhaka seeks enhanced security after ruckus at visa centre: Report

Dhaka, Aug 26 (UNI) The Indian High Commission in Dhaka has sought enhanced security in the wake of a sudden demonstration inside the Indian visa centre on Monday afternoon, a media report said.
“We have taken this up with the MoFA. We have sent a note verbale. We need enhanced security. Such a situation should not arise for us,” an Indian official at the High Commission told UNB on Monday night.
The official said Monday’s development does not give them confidence, noting that they were basically returning passports as requested by people.
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Trump re-designates Houthis as terrorist organisation

Trump re-designates Houthis as terrorist organisation

23 Jan 2025 | 12:17 PM

Washington, Jan 23 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to re-designate the Houthis, a Yemen-based militant group, as a "Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO)."
According to a fact sheet released by the White House, Trump's executive order reversed the one issued by Joe Biden four years ago that removed the Houthis from the FTO list, undoing a Trump order issued in the final days of his first presidential term.

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3 die in large gathering for red packets in Cambodian capital

23 Jan 2025 | 12:09 PM

Phnom Penh, Jan 23 (UNI) Three people lost their lives and six others were injured on Thursday during a large gathering in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, for red packets given by a local tycoon, officials said.

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Quake measuring 6 1 hits southern Philippines

Quake measuring 6 1 hits southern Philippines

23 Jan 2025 | 12:07 PM

Manila, Jan 23 (UNI) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck Zamboanga del Norte province in the southern Philippines on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported.

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1 dead in western Melbourne house fire

23 Jan 2025 | 11:43 AM

Sydney, Jan 23 (UNI) A man died and the other man was injured in a house fire in western suburbs of Melbourne, the capital city of Australia's state of Victoria.

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Russian scientists observe mysterious black plasma cloud on sun

23 Jan 2025 | 11:21 AM

Vladivostok, Jan 23 (UNI) Russian scientists reported a rare phenomenon involving a black emission of plasma observed on the Sun, the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences announced on its website on Wednesday.

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