Bangladesh

HC wants documents over Kurigram journo sentencing

Shawdesh desk: The High Court (HC) on Monday ordered state to submit all the relevant documents over conviction and sentencing of journalist Ariful Islam by mobile court. A High Court

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Coronavirus: Govt to brief diplomats Monday evening

shawdesh Desk: The government will brief diplomats stationed in Dhaka on Monday evening at State guesthouse Padma on the coronavirus issue. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will share steps

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Kurigram farmers smile with sunflowers

Shawdesh desk: The cultivation of sunflower on fallow land has opened up a new avenue of earning and employment for the locals and farmers. Sunflower, one of the most important

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Coronavirus: CU sends six people to quarantine

Shawdesh DEsk: Chittagong University authorities sent six people, including two of its students and an Italy returnee, to quarantine early Monday. They are – Italy returnee Dastagir Hossain Mahfuz, hailing

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Kurigram journalist picked up at midnight, sentenced one-year jail by mobile court

Shawdesh Desk: In an unprecedented move, a mobile court led by two to three executive magistrates at Kurigram deputy commissioner’s office entered a journalist’s residence and handed down one year

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23 Bangladeshis leave Delhi for home, none infected with coronavirus

Shawdesh Desk: Twenty-three Bangladeshi nationals, quarantined in the suburbs of the Indian capital for 14 days, left New Delhi for home on Saturday after they tested negative for coronavirus or

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Mirpur Jhut Potti fire brought under control after two hours

Shawdesh desk: The fire that broke out at a readymade garment (RMG) factory in Jhut Potti of the capital’s Mirpur 10 area was doused after two hours on Saturday afternoon.

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The air Dhakaites breathe ‘unhealthy’

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the eighth worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning. It had an AQI score of 157 at 09:14 am. The air was

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