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ACC launches probe against ex-BSMRSTU VC Nasir

Shawdesh Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has opened an investigation into the allegations of embezzlement and acquisition of illegal wealth against former vice chancellor of Gopalganj’s Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Turna’s loco masters fall asleep pressing on auto-braking by brick!

Shawdesh Desk: Assistant loco master Apu Dey of Turna-Nishitha Express claimed that the deadly train crash between Turna-Nishitha and Udayan Express took place as he did not see the outer

One child dies of pneumonia every 39 seconds, agencies warn

Shawdesh Desk: Pneumonia claimed the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five last year, or one child every 39 seconds, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

5 admission seekers held for cheating at SUST

Shawdesh Desk: The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) arrested five people from the campus on Tuesday for cheating in the admission process. The arrestees were identified as Sakidul

Lata Mangeshkar still in ICU, in ‘sensitive’ condition

Shawdesh Desk: Bollywood playback singer Lata Mangeskar continued to be in the intensive care unit for the third day after she was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital on Monday. She

Trump impeachment hearings about to go public

Shawdesh Desk: The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing Wednesday morning, America and the

Dhaka ranks 4th worst in Air Quality Index

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh’s capital city was ranked fourth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Wednesday morning. Dhaka had a score of 195 at 10am, indicating that the air

Prime Minister inaugurates 7 power plants

Shawdesh Desk: Seven new power plants went into operations from Wednesday, adding 790MW of electricity to the national grid. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the newly-constructed power plants through video