Bangladesh

Khulna jute mills workers resume hunger strike

Shawdesh DEsk: Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore districts resumed their fast-unto-death on Sunday to press home their 11-point demand, including implementation of the wage commission

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Cold-related diseases affect 4,150 people in 24 hours

Shawdesh Desk: Various cold-related diseases have affected 4,150 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control

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Derailment snaps rail link with Sylhet

Shawdesh Desk: Rail communications of Sylhet with the rest of the country remained suspended from Sunday morning following the derailment of a freight train at Baramchal in Kulaura upazila of

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Untimely Padma erosion jolts Goalanda people

An unanticipated dry-season bank erosion by the Padma River is wreaking havoc with the inhabitants of two unions of Rajbari, taking away over 100 bighas of arable land in the

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City polls: Awami League nominates Atiqul for DNCC and Barrister Taposh for DSCC

Shawdesh Desk: The Awami League has nominated Atiqul Islam as the mayoral candidate for the election of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Barrister Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh for Dhaka

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DGM of Bangladesh Bank detained in Barishal

Shawdesh Desk: Police of Kotwali Model Police Station in Barishal arrested a DGM (deputy general manager) of Bangladesh Bank over land related forgery in a raid at Nathullabad area in

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Love pulls British youth to Bangladesh

Shawdesh DEsk: Graham Stuart and Ferdousi Kabir Mukta knew it was love when they came across each other in the UK, reports UNB. Mukta had gone there for studies at

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‘Drug peddler’ killed in ‘gunfight’ in capital

Shawdesh Desk: A suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight between drug peddlers and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Badda in the capital. The deceased was identified as

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