2022 May

Global efforts must be enhanced to save lives, reduce risks of migrants: Shahriar Alam

Shawdesh Desk: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has said global efforts must be enhanced to save lives and reduce risks and vulnerabilities of migrants during their migratory ReadMore

Flooding affects millions in Sylhet

Shawdesh Desk: The overall flood situation in Sylhet district has not improved, despite eight days having passed since flash floods hit this region. The Surma and Kushiarar rivers continue to ReadMore

Rural people feel the pinch of inflation most

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh’s overall inflation hit one-and- a-half-year high at 6.29 percent with rural people feeling the pinch more. According to the latest figures from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, the ReadMore

Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage

Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lankan authorities on Friday closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate move to prepare for an acute fuel shortage that ReadMore

Trailer of ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’ launches in Cannes

Shawdesh Desk: The trailer of ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s biopic, was launched at the Cannes Festival. Information and Broadcasting Minister ReadMore

Race for power: Jatiya Party may join election alliance

Shawdesh Desk; Main opposition Jatiya Party is thinking of joining any alliance which will be formed ahead of the next national election with the aim of coming to power. After ReadMore

Dhaka’s air back to ‘unhealthy’ zone

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka’s air quality slipped back to the ‘unhealthy’ zone on Friday, despite pre-monsoon showers in different parts of the country. With an air quality index (AQI) score of ReadMore

New iron curtain

The Ukraine crisis proves to be Europe’s crucible and Europe proves a profound disappointment, writes Patrick Lawrence WE HAVE read a great deal about a new cold war since the United ReadMore