A bomb exploded on Tuesday morning outside Nepal’s interim Parliament, prompting the police to step up security around the complex.
The explosion occurred at 11 am on Tuesday, and no injuries have been reported, the police said.
The police officials said a lesser known group called the Dynamic Youth Force is behind the explosion, though no arrests have been made so far in this connection.
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Zia’s eldest son charged with graft
Dhaka, July 6: Bangladesh’s anti-graft watchdog on Tuesday charged the eldest son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia with laundering three million dollars through bank accounts in Singapore, the police said.
Tareque Rahman and his business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun have been investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission, police constable Abdus Salam said. “They laundered the money between 2003 and 2007. The ACC filed a case against them in October and on Tuesday it formally pressed charges. —AFP
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Feminists in Sweden burn cash over pay
Stockholm, July 6: A Swedish feminist party has burnt $13,000 at a barbecue in a protest against unequal pay for men and women.
The party, Feminist Initiative, says the money set ablaze on the Swedish island of Gotland on Tuesday represents the amount of money the country’s women miss out on every minute in comparison to men.
Party leader Gudrun Schyman says “it may seem desperate to burn $13,000, but the situation is desperate as well.” —AP
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Man kills wife for giving birth to girl
Islamabad, July 6: A Pakistani man killed his wife by setting her ablaze for giving birth to a female child, the police said.
A case has been registered against the accused, who has been arrested, a police official said, reports our Pakistan correspondent. Saima Parveen, 24, a resident of Sargodha district, was married to the accused Irfan 13 months ago.
According to the police, Saima gave birth to a baby girl three months ago, whom Irfan was not ready to accept.
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Thailand emergency extended
Bangkok, July 6: The Thai government on Tuesday extended for three months a state of emergency in the capital and 18 provinces in the wake of bloody, anti-government demonstrations that pushed the country close to chaos. But the special law was lifted in five provinces.
The Cabinet agreed that there remained “situations that require close monitoring and surveillance” in Bangkok and the 18 pro-vinces, mostly in the northeast, home to many of the Red Shirts, minister to the PM office Ongart Klampaiboon said. —AP