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Probe body formed over writer Mushtaq’s death

Shawdesh Desk: A probe body has been formed over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in Kashimpur High Security Prison. Gazipur district authorities formed the two-member committed on Friday. Confirming

French Riviera cities under lockdown as new infections soar

Shawdesh Desk: Residents of Nice in the French Riviera will be denied their strolls along the beach on a sunny weekend, under a temporary local lockdown imposed to curb soaring

JU student killed in road accident

Shawdesh Desk: A student of Jahangirnagar University was killed in a road accident at Bagatipara Upazila in Natore on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Abdullah Al Mahmud Shafi,

FM calls for legalisation of undocumented Bangladeshis in US

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen had a meeting with US Congresswoman Grace Meng (Democrat, New York) on Wednesday, during which they discussed ways and means of further improving

Large real world study confirms Pfizer Covid vaccine 94% effective

Shawdesh desk: The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine has proven 94 percent effective in a study involving 1.2 million people in Israel, the first peer-reviewed real world research confirming the power of

12th anniversary of Pilkhana carnage being observed

Shawdesh Desk: The 12th anniversary of the atrocious carnage at the Pilkhana BDR (now BGB) headquarters in the capital is being observed on Thursday. A total of 74 people, including

Super shops exploit suppliers, run tricky offers to earn more

Shawdesh Desk: Super shops are making hefty business by exploiting the suppliers to feed their monopoly and deceiving the consumers through dodgy money-saving offers that don’t actually save cash. Large

Facebook bans all Myanmar military-linked accounts and ads

Shawdesh Desk: Social media giant Facebook announced Thursday it was banning all accounts linked to Myanmar’s military as well as ads from military-controlled companies in the wake of the army’s