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Iran leaders want to talk: Trump

Shawdesh Desk: President Donald Trump said he believes that Iran’s leadership wants to talk, adding to expectations that he is trying to arrange a summit with his Iranian counterpart at

Chemical business still continues in Old Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: Chemical business continues unabated in Old Dhaka even after deadly fire incidents originated from such substances there. The last such fire disaster at a chemical warehouse-cum-residential building at

Modi’s Kashmir power grab was decades in making

Repeated constitutional attacks paved the way for the government to finally strip Kashmir of its rights, writes Zainab Ramahi SINCE 5 August, the people of Kashmir have been living under lockdown

Young Afif salvages win for Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Young batsman Afif Hossain struck 52 off 26 balls while Mosaddek Hossain made an unbeaten 30 as Bangladesh survived a scare to beat Zimbabwe by three wickets in

Banks’ CSR spending drops by 62pc in Jan-June

Shawdesh Desk: Banks’ spending for corporate social responsibility purposes dropped year-on-year by 61.84 per cent or Tk 387.8 crore in January-June of the year 2019 as banks were suffering from liquidity

A day that changed the world

One of the lessons to be drawn from that tragedy is that violence begets violence and intolerance breeds intolerance, writes César Chelala A NEW anniversary of a catastrophe brings back strong

UK’s Johnson under fire over no-deal Brexit assessment

Shawdesh Desk: The British government faced a backlash on Thursday after it was forced to publish documents warning that a no-deal Brexit could lead to civil unrest and shortages of

Gazipur JP leader’s daughter ‘killed’ for dowry

Shawdesh Desk: A woman was killed allegedly by her husband in Gazipur on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Shova Rajmoni Hosna, 20, daughter of Md Abdul Halim, joint general