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HC orders displaying Sheikh Mujib’s portrait at courtrooms

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to display and preserve the portrait of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at all courtrooms across the

PM Johnson sparks fury among opponents suspending parliament

Shawdesh desk: British prime minister Boris Johnson sparked fury among pro-Europeans and MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit by forcing the suspension of parliament weeks before Britain’s EU departure date.

Dengue continues taking toll on life despite efforts

Shawdesh Desk: Dengue continue killing and hospitalising more people every day as measures taken by the government to control aedes mosquitoes, the vector of the viral fever, went ineffective. On

New Pentagon chief Esper wants to keep president happy

Shawdesh Desk: New United States defence secretary Mark Esper picked his way through a political minefield in his first public meeting with the media Wednesday, skirting anything that could irritate

12pc time utilised for laws: TIB

Shawdesh Desk: Transparency International Bangladesh on Wednesday said that the 10th general election held on January 5, 2014, was neither participatory nor contested as the main opposition party boycotted it.

Four European countries lose measles elimination status

Shawdesh Desk: Measles cases are skyrocketing in Europe and the disease is surging in four countries previously considered to have eliminated it, including the United Kingdom. The World Health Organisation

28 dead in Mexico strip club attack

Shawdesh Desk: Gunmen burst into a Mexican strip club in a hail of bullets and killed at least 28 people as they trapped revellers inside and started a raging fire,

HK Police ban mass pro-democracy rally over public safety issue

Shawdesh Desk: Hong Kong police have banned a mass pro-democracy rally from going ahead on Saturday over public safety concerns, organisers said, after last weekend saw some of the worst