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PM leaves for Maldives tomorrow

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Male, the capital of Maldives, tomorrow (Wednesday) noon on a two-day official visit at the invitation of Maldivian President Ibrahim

SIM cloning threatens public safety

Shawdesh Desk: Organised gangs are cloning SIMs, mostly belonging to influential persons, to carry out criminal activities including extortion thanks to the negligence of BTRC and mobile companies to check

Govt to lease out 5 jute mills to pvt sector in Jan

Shawdesh Desk: The process has been finalized to lease out five state-run jute mills to the private sector to revive the jute industry and create new jobs. The move is

Writ seeks HC directives for Khaleda’s treatment abroad

Shawdesh Desk: A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday seeking its directive on the government to allow Bangladesh’s former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson

Cattle thieves kill 38 civilians in northern Nigeria

Shawdesh Desk: Armed cattle thieves killed 38 people Sunday in three separate attacks in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, a local official said, the latest bloodshed to hit the region. The

Covid: Christmas travel will fuel spread of Omicron, US expert warns

Shawdesh Desk: Christmas travel will increase the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, even among the fully vaccinated, the top US infectious disease expert says. “There’s no doubt about this,

Case against cricketer Nasir, wife: Hearing on charge framing deferred to Jan 24

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday fixed January 24 for hearing on framing charges against three people including Bangladesh national team cricketer Nasir Hossain and his wife Tamima in

Radwan Mujib to hand over Joy Bangla Youth Award

Radwan Mujib, a trustee of Centre for Research & Information (CRI), will confer the “Joy Bangla Youth Awards” to 15 youth-driven groups today (Monday). They have worked with scarce resources