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Bloomberg entry into US presidential race raises ethics issues

Shawdesh Desk; With Michael Bloomberg now running for president, the news service that bears his name said Sunday it will not “investigate” him or any of his Democratic rivals, and

Tear-jerking onion prices get hotter

Shawdesh Desk: The prices of onion jumped up to Tk 25 per kg in the capital’s wholesale markets on Sunday on supply crunch of the bulb, traders said. Onions being

Robber gang leader killed in Sunamganj ‘gunfight’

A suspected leader of a robber gang was killed in a gunfight with members of police at Bhuigaon area of Dakshin surma union under Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj on Sunday

Bangladeshi man languishing in Kolkata jail for 13 years

Shawdesh Desk: When West Bengal police arrested Mohammad Shawkat Ali with fake Indian currencies and produced him before the court, they kept mum on his nationality. He was tried by

The undaunted daughter of Jhenaidah

Shawdesh desk: ‘Life is not a bed of roses’ – Mahfuza Khatun knew it all too well from her very childhood. For the daughter of a landless and physically impaired

Indian weather balloon crashes in Bangladesh

Shawdesh desk: An Indian weather balloon fell down in Hauli village of bordering Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga on Sunday evening, triggering panic among locals. Sukumar Biswas, officer-in-charge (OC) of Damurhuda

New Zealand beat England by innings and 65 runs

Shawdesh Desk: A fiery five-wicket burst from Neil Wagner sealed a comprehensive innings and 65 runs victory for New Zealand over England late on the final day of the first

13 dead in 1 of the ‘worst’ days of protest in southern Iraq

Shawdesh d|esk: Thirteen anti-government protesters were killed Sunday by Iraqi security forces in one of the “worst” days of clashes in the country’s south, as protests swept through the oil-rich