Bangladesh

Light of education hardly reaches Kurigram char

Shawdesh Desk: Some 200 children are being deprived of their basic right to education as there is no educational institution in Amtala Char of Chilmari Upazila in Kurigram. Over 400

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Sweden’s Ericsson to pay over $1bn to settle US corruption probe

Shawdesh Desk: Sweden’s telecoms giant Ericsson has agreed to pay more than $1bn (£760m) to resolve allegations of bribery, the US Department of Justice has announced, reports BBC. It said

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Petrobangla Bhaban fire under control

Shawdesh Desk: A fire that broke out at at Karwan Bazar in the capital on Saturday morning has been brought under control. The fire originated in the 13th floor of

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3 of a family found dead in Barishal

Shawdesh Desk: The bodies of three members of a family, including a woman, were recovered from a house at Saliabakpur area in Banoripara upazila of Barisal on Saturday morning. Zafor

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BGB detains 12 Bangladeshis while returning from India without valid travel documents

Shawdesh Desk: Members of BGB detained twelve ‘Bangladeshi nationals’ on Saturday morning while they were entering Bangladesh from India through boarder area near Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah without valid travel

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Stamford University students stage demonstration over Rumpa’s death

Shawdesh Desk: Stamford University students have staged demonstration demanding justice over the alleged murder of their fellow student Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa. Around 50-60 students formed a human chain along the

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Police checking triggers tailback on Dhaka-Aricha highway

Shawdesh Desk: A five-kilometer long tailback was created on Dhaka-Aricha highway on Thursday after law enforcers set up check posts at different points of the highway, causing immense sufferings to

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Lutfur elected president, Nasir general secretary of Awami League Sylhet district unit

Shawdesh Desk: Advocates Lutfur Rahman and Nasir Uddin Khan have been elected president and general secretary of Sylhet district unit of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) respectively for next three years.

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