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Bomb blast derails train in Bolan;15 injured

by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Jan 21, 2023QUETTA: Four women among 15 people suffered injuries when a bomb blast derailed a Peshawar-bound train in Bolan district on Friday in an attack claimed by the banned Baloch Liberation Army. Officials said the explosi­­on that derailed eight coa­c­hes of Jaffar Express along with its locomotive and damaged a portion of the main railway track linking Quetta with the rest of the country was carried out by a…

SL Army’s strength to be trimmed from 200,000 to 135,000 by next year

report in Daily Mirror, Jan 13, 2023State Minister Premitha Bandara Tennakoon said that approved cadre of the Sri Lanka Army, which now stands at 200,783 will be reduced to 135,000 by 2024. He said it has been projected to reduce the cadre to the right size, which is to 100,000 by 2030. “The strength of the military and sustainable economic development are two sides of a coin, which stay together, but never talk to each…