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Procession for Khaleda’s release: Police cordon off BNP’s office

Shawdesh Desk: An additional police force has been deployed in front of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office at Nayapaltan in the capital on Saturday as the party is set to

China virus death toll surges past 1,500, new cases fall

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from China’s new coronavirus epidemic jumped past 1,500 on Saturday but new infections fell following a mid-week surge caused by a change in the way

Mali violence: Death toll climbs to 40

Shawdesh Desk: Forty people, including nine soldiers, have been killed in a spate of attacks in central Mali, authorities said Friday, with most of the deaths caused by inter-ethnic violence

Zimbabwe cricket team arrives in Dhaka today

Shawdesh Desk: Zimbabwe national cricket team is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Saturday to play a Test, three ODIs and two T20Is. Before the main series, Zimbabwe will play

ADB provides additional $170m for capital market reforms in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a second tranche loan of $170 million to conclude the Third Capital Market Development Program in Bangladesh. ADB approved the program

JCD leader hacked to death in Dinajpur

A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was hacked to death allegedly by a group of unidentified miscreants in Sykdebpur Chowrasta in Bochaganj upazila of Dinajpur on Friday night.

Tokyo holds Olympic torch rehearsal as spectre of coronavirus looms

Sports Desk: Tokyo Olympic organisers held a dummy run for the torch relay Saturday as fears over the coronavirus epidemic continue to cast a dark shadow over preparations for this

650 educational institutions lack Shaheed Minars in Jashore

Shawdesh Desk: Nearly one-third educational institutions in Jashore district do not have Shaheed Minars, depriving the students from paying respect to the Language Movement martyrs. Among the educational institutions that