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Bangladesh has launched the cellular phone connectivity in insurgency-ravaged south-eastern hills, which so far remained beyond the facility apparently due to security reasons, officials said on Friday.

The CNN television network has apologised for remarks of its commentator labeling Chinese as "a bunch of goons and thugs", which had angered Beijing and invited nationwide outrage, state media reported.

Colombo, May 16 (IANS) Seven police personnel and two civilians were killed and some 95 wounded when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a police bus in the heart of the busy Sri Lankan capital at midday Friday.

New Delhi, May 16 (ANI): Four days after the devastating earthquake which shattered Sichuan province of China, claiming over 20,000 lives, the place is likely to become home to many diseases as the victims' bodies are still trapped in debris and not buried.

Paro/Thimphu, May 16 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, was given a rousing welcome on his arrival at Paro International Airport on Friday morning by both Bhutanese dignitaries and locals.

Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) China's Ministry of Finance Friday set aside another 1.17 billion yuan ($167 million) for disaster relief work in the wake of Monday's massive earthquake in the country.

Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) A moderate aftershock measuring 5.69 on the Richter scale jolted the Lixian County in China's quake-hit south-western Sichuan Province Friday, the seismological bureau reported.

Colombo, May 16 (IANS) At least eight people, most of them policemen, were killed and over 90 injured when a suicide bomber rammed into a police van in the busy heart of the Sri Lankan capital Friday midday, officials and witnesses said.

Kathmandu, May 16 (IANS) Enraged residents blocked roads and began anti-Maoist demonstrations in Kathmandu's busy Koteshwor area Friday after allegations by a woman that her husband was abducted and killed by former guerrilla soldiers in a camp in south Nepal that is under the supervision of the UN.

Colombo, May 16 (IANS) At least six policemen and a civilian were killed when a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle rammed into a police bus in the heart of the Sri Lankan capital, officials said.

Thimphu, May 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today arrived in Bhutan on a two-day official visit.

Colombo, May 16 (IANS) A powerful bomb, apparently triggered by a suicide bomber, exploded in the heart of Colombo during rush hour Friday morning, killing and wounding an unspecified number of people.

Kuala Lumpur, May 16 (IANS) Three wives of a Malaysian odd job worker appeared in a court to bless his fourth wedding. His first wife Wan Rukiah said: 'Go ahead, I have no problems'.

Sagar Kulkarni Thimpu, May 16 (PTI) Describing ties with India as "exemplary", Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Y Thinley today said his country sought deeper economic integration with New Delhi

Colombo, May 16 (IANS) A huge bomb exploded in the heart of the Sri Lankan capital Friday, residents said.

Kuala Lumpur, May 16 (IANS) The Perak state headquarters in Ipoh of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) led by Malaysian Indian lawmaker Karpal Singh was attacked by two people with Molotov cocktails in what media reports termed an attempt to burn down the building.

Karachi, May 15 (ANI): The ashes of Indian peace activist Nirmala Deshpande will be immersed in the Indus River near Sukkur on Saturday.

Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) There had been no minor quakes in the area around the epicentre of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in China's southwestern province of Sichuan May 12, the provincial seismological bureau said Friday.

Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has ordered the local authorities to investigate the reasons why school buildings collapsed in Monday's earthquake, an official said.

Kuala Lumpur, May 16 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is unhappy with the low percentage of Public Service Department overseas scholarships allocated to Indian students.