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Cabinet okays $1.6 lakh for death of air passenger

Shawdesh Desk: The cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of Carriage by Air (Montreal Convention, 1999) Bill 2019 aiming at protecting the rights of passengers and the security

Uttara-Agargaon corridor by Dec uncertain

Shawdesh Desk: A government monitoring agency has expressed doubt about timely completion of the Uttara–Agargaon corridor of the much-hyped metro rail project while the implementing agency claims that they are

Trump says Modi feels he has ‘it under control’ in Kashmir

Shawdesh Desk: US President Donald Trump said Monday he had no need to help mediate between Pakistan and India over tensions in disputed Kashmir because prime minister Narendra Modi feels

Govt plans to reduce 40 per cent dependency on Sadarghat

Shawdesh Desk: The government has a plan to reduce 40 per cent dependency on Dhaka’s main river port Sadarghat by developing a modern port at Smashanghat of Postagala. As part

Sakib expects challenge from Afghans

Sports Desk: The forthcoming one-off Test series against Afghanistan will be a challenging one for Bangladesh, and the hosts will have to play their best cricket to tackle the novice

Only 37 buying houses get registered with DoT

Shawdesh Desk: Only 37 buying houses got registered with the Department of Textiles in the government-set two-month timeframe that ended on July 28, according to DoT officials. In a gazette

Trump switches tone on Iran, raising hopes at G7

Shawdesh Desk: US president Donald Trump said Monday he had agreed to the Iranian foreign minister flying in for a G7 summit and insisted he was not seeking regime change

Singer Sonia is coming in Nov

Binodon Desk: Music-lovers can easily recall the name of melody singer Sonia. Though her position was fourth in 2005’s popular musical related reality show titled Close up 1 – Tomakey