2021 January

Kakrail double murder: Court to announce verdict on January 17

Shawdesh desk: A Dhaka court has fixed January 17 for delivering the judgment in a case lodged over the sensational murder of a mother and her son in the capital’s ReadMore

Global COVID-19 cases near 90 million

Shawdesh Desk: Almost 90 million people have been infected with coronavirus as COVID-19 cases hardly show any sign of slowing down, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). ReadMore

Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day being observed

Shawdesh Desk: The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being celebrated across the country today. This day in 1972, Bangabandhu, the supreme commander ReadMore

RMG exporters seek withdrawal of HS code

Shawdesh Desk: Readymade garments exporters have sought withdrawal of all HS code of raw materials in the bond licence for the sake of quick release of imported raw materials for ReadMore

Crucifixion of American Democracy

Abdul Mannan: Just for one man’s lust for power and greed, democracy in America as envisaged by its founding fathers died a tragic death on Wednesday, 6th January 2021. The ReadMore

James Bond film director Michael Apted dies at 79

Binodon Desk: British filmmaker and documentarian Michael Apted died Thursday night in Los Angeles at the age of 79, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced in a statement Friday. ReadMore

Are Covid patients getting younger?

Shawdesh desk: Since the end of the second lockdown in England, the numbers of people being admitted to hospital with Covid have been rising quickly on a daily basis. Some ReadMore

Tourism leads to less pessimistic tax forecast for Hawaii

Shawdesh Desk: Hawaii’s Council on Revenues on Thursday offered a less pessimistic outlook for state tax revenue for the current fiscal year given the way the tourism industry has recovered ReadMore