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Three ‘miscreants’ killed in M’singh, Habiganj ‘gunfights’

Shawdesh Desk: At least three people, including an accused in a gang-rape case, were killed in ‘gunfights’ in Mymensingh and Habiganj early Monday. In Mymensingh, an alleged drug peddler and

New migrant rescue ship leaves France

Shawdesh Desk: Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee on Sunday dispatched its new rescue ship Ocean Viking from the French port of Marseille on its first mission to save migrants off the

Teenage boy, expectant mother die of dengue in city

Shawdesh Desk: An expectant mother and a teenage boy died of dengue in different hospitals in the capital early Monday. Sharmin Akhter Shapla, 32, wife of Nazmul Hasan, deputy director

India scraps special status for Kashmir amid crackdown

Shawdesh Desk: India on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country, the most far-reaching

UN urges world leaders to put financial sanctions on Myanmar Army

Shawdesh Desk: United Nations investigators urged world leaders on Monday to impose targeted financial sanctions on companies linked to the military in Myanmar, and said foreign firms doing business with

Hunger, food, political economy

LET us imagine a common, but often unnoticed, sight that a penniless and hungry person is roaming about the roads of the capital amidst thousands of people. Let us also

Gunman kills 20 at Texas Walmart store shooting

Shawdesh Desk: A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 26 others as panicked shoppers

Ensure free treatment for dengue patients: BNP

Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday asked the government to provide free treatment to all dengue patients and allocate required subsidy for it. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir