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Six more die as dengue patients keep crowding hospitals

Shawdesh Desk: Six more people die of dengue at hospitals in Dhaka, Rajshshi and Rangpur on between Sunday evening and Monday evening as hospitalisation and death caused by the viral

Mizanur Rahman Shelley passes away

Shawdesh Desk: Political analyst, academician and writer Mizanur Rahman Shelley died of brain haemorrhage at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital on Monday. He was 76. Mizanur, also a former

Eid-ul-Azha celebrated

Shawdesh Desk: Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of Muslims, was celebrated across Bangladesh with due solemnity and religious fervour on Monday. Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the 10th of Zilhajj

PM vows to uphold dignity of people’s trust

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday vowed to uphold the trust and confidence of the country’s people for ‘giving her party the opportunity to form the government for

BNP rallies demanding Khaleda’s release

Shawdeh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday went out on a demonstration in Dhaka demanding release of the imprisoned party chairperson Khaleda Zia when the country was celebrating the Eid-ul-Azha.

India imposes Kashmir clampdown to head off Eid protests

Shawdesh Desk: Indian troops clamped tight restrictions on mosques across Kashmir for Monday’s Eid-ul-Azha festival, fearing anti-government protests over the stripping of the Muslim-majority region’s autonomy, according to residents. The

Hong Kong’s airport reopens after protests

Shawdesh Desk: Hong Kong’s airport reopened on Tuesday but its administrator warned that flight movements would still be affected, after China said protests that have swept the city over the

Death toll rises to 44 as typhoon Lekima wreaks havoc in eastern China

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from typhoon Lekima in eastern China rose to 44 people on Monday morning, according to official data, as the storm continued up the coast, racking