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DHAKA: Bangladeshi policemen patrol the area around the site of an attack in Dhaka, yesterday. Bangladeshi forces stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Gulshan area where heavily armed militants held dozens of people hostage yesterday morning, rescuing some captives including foreigners. — AP

Three killed; Bangladesh troops raid militant den

DHAKA: Three people including a woman were killed when Bangladesh security forces stormed an Islamist militant hideout yesterday, police said, as the Muslim-majority nation fights to contain a wave of extremist attacks. The incident was the latest battle against militants in recent days, which have involved hostage-taking, deadly explosions and gunfights at multiple hideouts in several locations in northeastern areas of the country.Yesterday's...

BEENLEIGH: Submerged cars are seen at the flooded Beenleigh train station carpark yesterday. — AFP

Australian floods still rising with two dead, four missing

Four people missing in Queensland BEENLEIGH: Submerged cars are seen at the flooded Beenleigh train station carpark yesterday. — AFPBEENLEIGH: Flooded rivers were still rising yesterday in two Australian states with two women dead and four people missing after torrential rains in the wake of a powerful tropical cyclone. Queensland police warned that the Logan River, which runs through Beenleigh south of Brisbane, would only hit peak flood...

LONDON: Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante, right, vies for the ball with Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge stadium in London yesterday. — AP

Zaha, Benteke stun leaders Chelsea

LONDON: Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante, right, vies for the ball with Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge stadium in London yesterday. — APLeague title was stalled as goals from Wilfried Zaha and Christian Benteke earned Crystal Palace a shock 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge yesterday. Defeat ended Chelsea’s run of 13 successive home wins and enabled...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan team members celebrate their team's victory over Bangladesh in the third one-day international cricket match in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday. - AP

Sri Lanka wins 3rd ODI to draw series

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan team members celebrate their team's victory over Bangladesh in the third one-day international cricket match in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday. - APCOLOMBO: Seam bowler Nuwan Kulasekara took 4-37 after Thisara Perera hit a rapid 52 to propel Sri Lanka to a 70-run win over Bangladesh in the third one-day international yesterday and a 1-1 draw in the three-match series.Put into bat by Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza, Sri...

KEY BISCAYNE: Nick Kyrgios of Australia stretches for a shot against Roger Federer of Switzerland in the semi finals at Crandon Park Tennis Center on Friday in Key Biscayne, Florida. - AFP

Federer beats Kyrgios to reach Miami final

KEY BISCAYNE: Nick Kyrgios of Australia stretches for a shot against Roger Federer of Switzerland in the semi finals at Crandon Park Tennis Center on Friday in Key Biscayne, Florida. - AFPKEY BISCAYNE: Roger Federer's season of resurgence took another thrilling turn Friday night when he won a three-tiebreaker semifinal against Nick Kyrgios at the Miami Open.Federer failed to convert two match points in the second-set tiebreaker but finished off...

NEW DELHI: Pusarla Venkata Sindhu of India returns a shot against Sania Nehwal of India during the women’s single badminton match at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2017 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi on Friday. — AFP

Sindhu sets up title clash with Marin

NEW DELHI: Pusarla Venkata Sindhu of India returns a shot against Sania Nehwal of India during the women’s single badminton match at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2017 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi on Friday. — AFPNEW DELHI: India’s PV Sindhu yesterday stormed into the final of the India Open badminton tournament to set up an exciting women’s singles title clash with top-seeded Carolina Marin in New Delhi. Sindhu, 21,...

WASHINGTON: In this file photo Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, attend a news conference with the president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington. —AP

Ivanka, husband benefitting from business empire

Ethics filings by White House reveal assets of senior staff members WASHINGTON: In this file photo Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, attend a news conference with the president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington. —APWASHINGTON: Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner have held onto...

Microsoft addresses Cyber Security in the era of Digital Transformation

.DUBAI: Microsoft today brought together industry experts and prominent technology decision-makers at a media event in Dubai, to demonstrate how Gulf-based organizations can use cloud services to protect themselves against cyber-threats. The GCC region has, over the past decade, become a hot zone for cyber-attacks, due to the acceleration of Internet and mobile penetration and relatively high average net worth among its citizenry. In 2017, the...

TEXAS: In this file photo, Dallas County Mosquito Lab microbiologist Spencer Lockwood sorts mosquitoes collected in a trap in Hutchins, Texas, that had been set up in Dallas County near the location of a confirmed Zika virus infection.—AP

US enrolls volunteers in large test of possible Zika vaccine

First step towards containing the spread of virus TEXAS: In this file photo, Dallas County Mosquito Lab microbiologist Spencer Lockwood sorts mosquitoes collected in a trap in Hutchins, Texas, that had been set up in Dallas County near the location of a confirmed Zika virus infection.—APWASHINGTON: US health officials have begun enrolling volunteers for critical next-stage testing of an experimental vaccine to protect against Zika, the...

Ginni Mahi (L) speaks with music director Amarjit Singh (C) as she takes part in a recording session

Dalit, out and proud: Indian singers rising above caste

Ginni Mahi (L) speaks with music director Amarjit Singh (C) as she takes part in a recording sessionFor young Indians from disadvantaged, low-caste backgrounds, singer Ginni Mahi was an inspiration, one of their own defying ancient prejudices through her infectious brand of "Dalit-pride" pop anthems. But it wasn't until an outbreak of horrific violence against Dalits last year that Mahi emerged as an icon, her music the soundtrack for protesters...

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Woman held for filming maid's fall from window

Employer had hired runaway maid from illegal office KUWAIT: Police have detained a woman for filming her Ethiopian maid falling from the seventh floor in an apparent suicide attempt without trying to rescue her, media and a rights group said yesterday. The Kuwaiti woman filmed her maid land on a metal awning and survive, then posted the incident on social media. The criminal investigation police referred the employer to the prosecution...

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