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4th phase UP polls go on amid allegations of irregularities

Shawdesh Desk: The 4th phase polls to 838 Union Parishads in different district is being held today amid allegations of irregularities and vote rigging. New age correspondent in Chattogram reported

Brexit: Economic impact starting to show within a year

Shawdesh Desk: A dozen mild-mannered small business owners pop up on my screen from sectors ranging from chemicals, to financial services, to aerospace, catering and small gift box providers. Having

Quader returns home from hospital after 12 days

Shawdesh Desk; Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader returned home on Sunday morning after 12 days of treatment at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka. The

Bollywood actor Salman Khan gets bitten by snake at Panvel farmhouse

Binodon Desk: Bollywood actor Salman Khan was bitten by a non-venomous snake at his farmhouse near Panvel. The actor was at the farmhouse to celebrate his 56th birthday on Monday.

Tutu’s truth commission a balm for wounded South Africa

Two days after South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) started to investigate apartheid-era crimes, Archbishop Desmond Tutu broke down in tears. Before him sat a former political prisoner who

Sagar-Runi murder: Report submission deferred for 84th time

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday asked the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to submit by January 24 the probe report in the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar

Suspected jihadists kill 41 in Burkina Faso

Shawdesh Desk: Burkina Faso’s government declared two days of mourning starting on Sunday after an attack by suspected jihadists in the north killed 41 people on Thursday. “The search mission

5 arrested in Cox’s Bazar tourist rape case

Shawdesh Desk: Police arrested five people in connection with a case filed for gang-rapping a tourist in Cox’s Bazar. They were arrested in a drive on Saturday night. Confirming the