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19-member road safety task force formed

Shawdesh Desk: A 19-member task force, headed by home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, was formed on Thursday to bring order back on roads and reduce accidents. The task force was

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At least four killed in Bogura road accidents

Shawdesh Desk: At least four people were killed in road accidents in Bogura on Thursday. Bogura highway police’s Kazal Kumar Nandi, sub-inspector of Kundarhaat station, confirmed the news saying that

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US official ‘offers bribe’ to captain of Iranian vessel

Shawdesh Desk: A senior United States official personally offered several million dollars to the Indian captain of an Iranian oil tanker suspected of heading to Syria, the State Department confirmed

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US, China to start trade talks again in next month

Shawdesh Desk: China and the United States will resume trade talks in Washington in early October, Beijing said on Thursday, allaying fears that new punitive tariffs would lead to a

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Johnson’s hardline Brexit strategy stands in tatters

Shawdesh Desk: British prime minister Boris Johnson’s hardline Brexit strategy stood in tatters on Thursday after a humiliating week left him without a working majority but unable to call an

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Samsung to launch foldable smartphone

Shawdesh Desk: Tech giant Samsung has said it will launch its hotly anticipated first foldable smartphone on Friday, months after faulty screens forced an embarrassing delay of its release. The

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Chernobyl: TV show that sparked ‘dark tourism’

Shawdesh Desk: The hit TV series ‘Chernobyl’ has attracted a new generation of tourists to the nuclear disaster zone but guides say that many are more interested in taking selfies

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Pet cat cloned in China for the first time

Shawdesh Desk: Seven months after Huang Yu’s pet cat Garlic died, the British shorthair was given a 10th life. Born on July 21, the new Garlic was created by Chinese

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