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DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (Mar 27) concluded his two-day official visit to Bangladesh, a trip that sparked both violent protests and enthusiasm that relations between the two neighbors will continue to grow. Modi arrived on Friday to join celebrations of Bangladesh's 50th anniversary of independence, but the visit was overshadowed by violent protests in the capital, Dhaka, and elsewhere. At least five people were killed and 40 injured in clashes between protesters and security officials. Hundreds of students from madrasas, or Islamic religious schools, clashed with police and border troops in the eastern Brahmanbaria district. Police said they had to open fire to control the violence. "We received three bullet-hit dead bodies and two others succumbed to their injuries later," Abdullah Al Mamun, a doctor at the government-owned Brahmanbaria General Hospital, told Reuters. Critics accuse Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party of stoking religious ... » Learn More about India’s Modi ends Bangladesh visit that sparked violent protests

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has dismissed Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi, the national security council said in a statement on Friday (Mar 19), amid a spate of attacks against the country's security forces. The current chief of army staff General Yasin Zia has been appointed acting defence minister until Asadullah Khalid recovers from an illness which has hospitalised him for months, the statement also said. It did not give further details on Andarabi's dismissal but a senior security official said the former minister had failed to arrest a militia commander whose forces shot down a helicopter in central Wardak province on Thursday killing nine security force members. The senior official said Ghani had tasked Andarabi weeks ago with arresting the militia commander, who was also responsible for a number of other attacks against Afghan security forces in recent months. Ghani told reporters on Thursday that the helicopter had been shot down and the perpetrators would ... » Learn More about Afghan president dismisses interior minister amid spate of attacks