25 March 2017

News Story: Bannladesh police raids militant hideout in northeastern Sylhet city

DHAKA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- A team of Bangladesh police Friday cordoned off a building in the country's Sylhet city, some 241 km northeast of capital Dhaka, suspecting presence of militants there.

A police official told Xinhua that the law enforcers had surrounded the five-storied building since the hours of Thursday.

Several gunshots and explosions were heard from the spot. Law enforcers are seen to retaliate after a grenade was hurled towards them from the house.

Read the full story at Xinhua