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Momen asks Germany to put pressure on Myanmar

Shawdsh Desk: Bangladesh has urged Germany to put pressure on Myanmar so that they start taking their nationals back, noting that not a single Rohingya has been repatriated over the

UK MPs set for knife-edge Brexit deal vote

Shawdesh Desk: British prime minister Boris Johnson appealed to lawmakers to back his last-minute Brexit deal in an extraordinary sitting of the British parliament on Saturday after his plans were

Spain’s Barcelona paralysed following Catalan’s protests

Violent clashes escalated in Barcelona late Friday, as radical Catalan separatists hurled rocks and fireworks at police, who responded with teargas and rubber bullets, turning the city centre into a

Lead-laced spices consumption continues

Shawdesh Desk: The government has failed to take any effective measure yet to check the adulteration of spices with heavy metals like lead and textile colorants. All that the government

Woman held in Chandpur on charge of ‘killing daughter’

Shawdesh Desk: Police on Friday arrested a woman after the body of her newborn daughter was recovered from a bush at village Thakurkandi of Matlab Uttar upazila on Wednesday. According

Facebook to deliver News Corp stories following mass demand

Shawdesh Desk: Facebook on Friday confirmed that some stories from News Corp, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will be delivered at a new ‘tab’ planned at the leading social

At least 13 killed in Siberian mine accident

At least 13 people were killed as a result of a dam failure at a gold mine in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk early Saturday, the Russian emergencies ministry said.

Senate leader slams Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria

Shawdesh Desk: United States senate majority leader Mitch McConnell Friday attacked president Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria as ‘a strategic nightmare’ that will help Washington’s foes and