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At least 41 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean: UN

Shawdesh Desk: At least 41 migrants are feared dead following a weekend shipwreck on the Mediterranean Sea route from Libya to Italy, two United Nations agencies said Wednesday. They were

New aircraft ‘Akash Tori’ joins Biman fleet

Shawdesh Desk: A new aircraft, Dash-8, has joined the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Wednesday evening. The aircraft landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital around 5:45pm and

Ongoing exams of DU-affiliated 7 colleges to be held conditionally

Shawdesh Desk: The ongoing and scheduled examinations of seven colleges affiliated under Dhaka University (DU) will be held conditionally. As per the decision, no hostels will be opened during exams

Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled passes away

Shawdesh Desk: Noted banker Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled passed away at a hospital in the capital on Wednesday morning. He was 80. He breathed his last at around 5:40am at Bangabandhu

At least 75 inmates dead in Ecuador prison riots

Shawdesh Desk: At least 75 inmates died Tuesday and several were injured in riots blamed on gang rivalry at three jails in Ecuador’s overcrowded prison system, authorities said. As security

136 missing people ‘feared dead’ in India’s Uttarakhand digaster

Shawdesh Desk: The Uttarakhand government has issued a notification authorising officials to declare “presumed dead” 136 people, who still missing after the flash flood in Chamoli district of the state

US Secretary of State Blinken phones Foreign Minister Momen

Shawdesh Desk: US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke by phone with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Momen discussed ways to

Covid-19: Bangladesh confirms 5 more deaths, 428 new cases

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from coronavirus in the country now stands at 8,379, as five more deaths reported on in the last 24 hours. Some 428 people tested positive