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BJP wins in J&K’s first BDC elections

Shawdesh Desk: Two months after abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, the BJP won only 81 of 280 blocks that went to the polls in the Block Development Council

Tigers’ new spin bowling coach Daniel Vettori reaches Dhaka

Sports Desk: Newly appointed Bangladesh spin bowling coach Daniel Vettori reached Dhaka on Friday. A flight, carrying Vettori, reached at Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport this morning. After reaching here,

Cricketers’ focus shifts to India series after strike ends

Sports Desk: The cricketers shifted their focus to the upcoming bilateral series against India and the National Cricket League (NCL) after their strike was lifted following Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB)

Radhika Apte turns director with Sleepwalkers

Shawdesh desk: Bollywood actor Radhika Apte has turned director and has already completed the shoot for her upcoming short film with Gulshan Deviah and Shahana Goswami in lead roles. The

How Purdue’s aggressive sales of a painkiller blew up in its face

Shawdesh desk: In 2002, Andrew Kolodny, a resident in psychiatry, attended a training session on pain treatment in Philadelphia. Seventeen years later, he still shakes his head over the surprising

Trump ends sanction against Turkey

United States president Donald Trump ended sanctions against Turkey on Wednesday, drawing a line under American involvement in ‘blood-stained’ Syria, as Turkish and Russian troops seized territory previously held by

Informal workers: an untapped asset for Asia’s unions

Asia’s unions could grow their power while helping informal and precarious workers to secure their labour rights, but they would need to up their game, writes Michele Ford Precarious workers need Asia’s

Lanka election time promises costly to keep

In the case of the present election promises, most of them will cost the government a large amount of money and how this is to be financed when taxes are