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Qataris begin voting in first ever legislative polls

Shawdesh desk: Qataris began voting in their country’s first ever legislative polls Saturday, AFP correspondents saw, with 30 of 45 seats in a previously appointed, largely advisory council up for

Embarrassed by son’s ‘extramarital affair’, Sirajganj mother kills self

Shawdesh desk: A woman at Binnabari village in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj has killed herself as her son reportedly eloped with neighbour’s wife. Police said Firoza Khatun, 42, mother of

Rajshahi University’s 3-day admission test from Monday

Shawdesh Desk: A three-day admission test for first-year honours courses under the 2020-2021 academic session at Rajshahi University (RU) will start on Monday. A total of 1,27,647 students are going

Philippines’ Duterte says will retire from politics

Shawdesh Desk: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Saturday he will not run for vice president in 2022 and will retire from politics, potentially paving the way for his daughter to

bKash’s flagship Internship program, bNext launched

Shawdesh Desk: Following the success from internship programmes, bKash has launched its new and improved flagship internship programme ‘bNext’ for undergraduates. Through this programme, they will get the opportunity to

Argentina: Prosecute Crimes Against Rohingya in Myanmar

Shawdesh Desk: A court in Argentina considering a criminal case against Myanmar officials for mass atrocity crimes committed against Rohingya in Myanmar should proceed, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and

Korea to celebrate its 2021 National Day virtually Sunday

Shawdesh Desk: This year again, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Dhaka is all set to celebrate the Korean National Day virtually on Sunday (Oct 3) due to the

Covid-19: 24 more die, single-day infections drop to 589

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh witnessed 24 more deaths and 589 new cases of Covid-19 in past 24 hours until Saturday morning. The infection tally stood at 1,557,347 with the new cases.