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Cabinet to be expanded on Saturday

Shawdesh Desk: The size of the Bangladesh cabinet is going to be expanded on Saturday. Responding to a question at a press briefing on DCs’ Conference at the Secretariat on

Two killed in Rajshahi road accident

Shawdesh Desk: Two people were killed and three others were injured when a lorry plunged into a roadside ditch on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj Highway at Kumarpara of Godagari upazila on early Thursday.

PM stresses need for roadmap of promoting Islamic tourism

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for preparing a roadmap to promote Islamic tourism as a global brand to unlock the potentials of its rapidly

Sugary drinks linked with cancer risk: study

Shawdesh Desk: Consumption of sugary drinks such as soda and fruit juice is linked to a higher risk of developing certain kinds of cancer, researchers reported on Thursday. The consumption

Majority of US military veterans vote against Afghan war

Shawdesh Desk: A majority of United States military veterans say the nearly 18-year war in Afghanistan was ‘not worth fighting,’ according to poll results released on Wednesday. The survey results

Anti-imperialism is only antidote for austerity

Privatisation, predatory lending, and endless war are all preconditions to finance capital’s hegemony. BLACK liberation strategies must arise from the self-determined political activity of Black America. In my experience as

Acosta defends Epstein deal………?

Trying to tamp down calls for his resignation, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta on Wednesday defended his handling of a sex-trafficking case involving now-jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein, insisting he got the

Pearl Harbor survivor in Florida

Shawdesh Desk: One of the oldest survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack has died at age 103. Doug Iscovitz says his father, Joseph Iscovitz, died Tuesday at a South Florida