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Ten militants get death in CPB rally blast case, 2 acquitted

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka Court on Monday sentenced ten members of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) to death and acquitted two others in a case filed over the

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City polls: EC asks public administration ministry to declare February 1 as general holiday

Shawdesh Desk: The Election Commission (EC) has directed the public administration ministry to declare February 1 as a general holiday for the elections to the Dhaka north and south city

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Only limited public buses to be allowed to ply on Election Day

Shawdesh Desk: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said a limited number of public buses will be allowed to ply the streets of the capital city on February 1, the

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Warrant against Prothom Alo editor not linked to media freedom: Minister

Shawdesh DEsk: Information Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud said on Sunday that the arrest warrant against Prothom Alo editor Motiur Rahman is not linked to media freedom. The minister came up

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Magura AL president Tanzel Hossain Khan dies

Shawdesh Desk: Freedom fighter Tanzel Hossain Khan, the president of Awami League’s district unit, passed away at a hospital in Magura early Monday. He was 73. The ruling party leader

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Seven killed, three missing in Indonesia bridge collapse

Seven people drowned and three others are missing after a bridge collapsed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, the disaster agency said Monday. Some 30 people, mostly students, were on the bridge

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New Chinese virus ‘will have infected hundreds’

Shawdesh Desk: The number of people already infected by the mystery virus emerging in China is far greater than official figures suggest, scientists have told the BBC. There have been

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China’s economic growth hits three-decade low

Shawdesh Desk: China’s economy grew last year at the slowest pace in almost three decades. Official figures show that the world’s second largest economy expanded by 6.1% in 2019 from

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