Samira Hussain
South Asia Correspondent at BBC
South Asia Correspondent for the BBC based in Delhi. Fmr BBC Business in New York. Always Canadian. Views expressed here are my own.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Lakshmi Patel |Samira Hussain
The British man who was the sole survivor of last week's Air India plane crash has helped lay his brother to rest at a funeral in western India. Vishwashkumar Ramesh's brother Ajay was also on the ill-fated flight but did not survive the tragedy. A visibly upset Ramesh was one of the pall bearers who carried his brother's coffin to the crematorium in the town of Diu, his arm and face still covered in white bandages. He's spent most of the past five days in hospital.
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4 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Samira Hussain
British woman accused of drug offences appears in Sri Lanka courtSamira HussainIan AikmanBBCA British woman accused of attempting to smuggle a large quantity of cannabis into Sri Lanka has appeared in court in the country. Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, was arrested earlier this month after authorities allegedly found 46kg of the drug in her suitcases when she arrived on a flight from Thailand.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Samira Hussain |Ian Aikman
[BBC]A British woman accused of attempting to smuggle a large quantity of cannabis into Sri Lanka has appeared in court in the country. Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, was arrested earlier this month after authorities allegedly found 46kg of the drug in her suitcases when she arrived on a flight from Thailand. She has not yet been charged, but has previously denied knowing the alleged drugs were in her luggage. If found guilty, she could face up to 25 years behind bars.
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2 months ago |
bbc.com | Samira Hussain
His memories uncovered a secret jail - right next to an international airportSamira HussainReporting fromDhaka, BangladeshBBC/Aamir PeerzadaWhen investigators smashed through a hastily built wall, they uncovered a set of secret jail cells. It turned out to be a freshly bricked-up doorway – an attempt to hide what lurked behind. Inside, off a narrow hallway, were tiny rooms to the right and left. It was pitch-black.
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Mar 13, 2025 |
msn.com | Samira Hussain
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