2023 January

AL keeps promise, works for people’s welfare: PM

Shawdesh desk; Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday firmly said that her party, Awami League, always worked for the welfare of the nation as per the promise given to ReadMore

Several lakhs devotees gather at Ijtema venue on 2nd day

Shawdesh Desk: The first phase of Bishwa Ijtema, one of the biggest congregations of the Muslims in the world, in Tongi kept continuing for the second day on Saturday — ReadMore

Iran executes ex-defence official for ‘spying for UK intelligence’

Shawdesh Desk: Iran on Saturday executed former top defence official and dual British national Alireza Akbari, who was accused of spying for United Kingdom intelligence, the judiciary reported. Akbari was ReadMore

RAB arrests youth with 48.5kg hemp in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: The Rapid Action Battalion arrested a suspected drug peddler with 48.5 kilograms of hemp in the capital’s Motijheel area on early Saturday. The arrested is Rakibul Hasan Imon, ReadMore

Dhaka becomes world’s most polluted city with AQI score of 251

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka once again topped the list of cities with the worst air quality on Saturday morning. With an air quality index score of 251at 8:55am on Saturday, Dhaka ReadMore

NY court fines Trump Organisation $1.6m for tax fraud

Shawdesh Desk: A New York judge on Friday fined Donald Trump’s family business the maximum penalty possible of $1.6 million for committing tax fraud. The sum, paltry to the billionaire ReadMore

Season’s lowest temperature, 6.1 degrees C, recorded in Tetulia

Shawdesh Desk: Tetulia of Panchagarh recorded the season’s lowest temperature in Bangladesh at 6.1degrees Celsius, in 24 hours till Saturday morning as a mild cold wave is sweeping across parts ReadMore

Turkey: century-old democracy with ups, downs

by Burak Ünveren: Turkey will mark the centenary of the proclamation of the Turkish republic in October. But 2023 will be an important year in another respect too: Turks will ReadMore