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Sri Lanka votes for president in shadow of Easter Sunday attack

Shawdesh desk: Sri Lankans are going to the polls to choose their new leader, seven months after a devastating terror attack killed more than 250 people, reports BBC. A total

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Rajapaksas eye comeback in tense Sri Lanka election

Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lankans voted Saturday for a new president in what could mark a comeback for the Rajapaksa clan, lauded by supporters for crushing the Tamil Tigers but condemned

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Indian PM Modi set to be keynote speaker at Bangabandhu’s centenary program

Shawdesh desk: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary will be held on Mar 17, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to deliver the keynote speech at the inaugural

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9-year-old child genius Laurent sets to become world’s youngest university graduate

Shawdesh Desk: A nine-year-old child genius is set to become the youngest person ever to complete a degree. Laurent Simons, who lives in Amsterdam, is on course to gain a

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Aung San Suu Kyi named in Argentine lawsuit over crimes against Rohingya

Shawdesh Desk: Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is among several top Myanmar officials named Wednesday in a case filed in Argentina for crimes against Rohingya Muslims, the first

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1 dead, 6 injured in suspected suicide bombing at Indonesia police station

Shawdesh Desk: A suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in Indonesia has left at least one attacker dead and six other people wounded, authorities said Wednesday. The explosion happened

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Afghan official says Kabul car bomb blast kills 7 people

Shawdesh desk: A car bomb detonated in the Afghan capital of Kabul during Wednesday’s morning commute, killing seven people and wounding at least seven, officials said. Nasrat Rahimi, spokesman for

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51 children hurt in chemical attack at Chinese elementary school

Shawdesh Desk: At least 54 persons, including 51 children, sustained burn injuries after a man broke into a kindergarten in southwest China’s Yunnan province and sprayed them with a corrosive

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