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Students block city’s Bakshibazar road protesting rape threat by bus driver

Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of students from various educational institutions in Dhaka have blocked Bakshibazar road protesting rape threats made by a local bus driver and helper after a female student

President, PM pay homage to martyred members of Armed Forces

Shawdesh Desk: President Mohammad Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid homage to the martyred members of the Armed Forces on the occasion of the Armed Forces

Unending cruelty to domestic workers!

Shawdesh Desk: Physical torture and sexual violence against domestic helps continued unabated across the country, especially in the capital, as the perpetrators go unpunished in most cases due to loopholes

PM Hasina a great businesswomen, planner and far-sighted: Bashundhara Chairman

Terming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a businesswoman, planner and visionary greater than others, Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan said her (premier) timely steps, including one for real estate sector,

Tigers tumble for 108 against Pakistan attack

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh tumbled for 108 for seven in 20 overs in the second match of the three-match T20I series against Pakistan on Saturday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

WB civil society backs Bangladesh concern over border killing: FM

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Saturday that civil society of neighboring Indian state West Bengal has recently demanded to stop border killing along the Bangladesh-India frontier.

Agriculture credit gains pace on back of BB policy changes

Shawdesh Desk: The scheduled banks have disbursed Tk 7905 crore as agriculture and rural credit in July-October period of the current fiscal (2021-22), almost 28 percent of the target for

European countries tighten anti-pandemic measures amid surging COVID-19 cases

Shawdesh Desk: Faced with soaring numbers of COVID-19 cases, many European countries have tightened anti-pandemic measures and accelerated vaccination programs. According to the World Health Organization’s weekly report on Tuesday,