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Abe on way to be retained as Japan’s PM

Shawdesh Desk: Japanese voters cast ballots Sunday in an upper house election, with Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc looking to protect its majority and keep on track plans to amend the

Power supply resumes to Shahjalal Airport after 7 hours

Shawdesh Desk: Power supply to Shahajala International Airport restored after seven hours of disruption on Sunday afternoon following a power-line disconnection in the morning. Power outage and disruption in water

Thousands march again in huge Hong Kong anti-government rally

Shawdesh Desk: Hong Kong witnessed another huge anti-government march on Sunday with seemingly no end in sight to the turmoil engulfing the finance hub, sparked by years of rising anger

DU students carry on demo for ending affiliation with 7 colleges

Shawdesh Desk: A group of Dhaka University students on Sunday locked the gates of administrative and academic buildings demanding an end to the university’s affiliation with seven colleges. The main

Priyanka Gandhi detained in UP

Shawdesh desk: General Secretary of the AICC in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was on Friday detained near Varanasi by the Uttar Pradesh police, who prevented her

ICC suspends Zimbabwe Cricket

Sports Desk: International cricket chiefs on Thursday suspended Zimbabwe over a failure to keep the sport free from government interference, throwing into doubt their participation in qualifiers for the T20

Hungarian philosopher, critic Agnes Heller passes away

Shawdesh Desk: Philosopher Agnes Heller, a dissident under Hungary’s communist regime and later a prominent critic of prime minister Viktor Orban, died Friday at the age of 90, the Hungarian

Government to ask Preo Bala to show evidence: HM

Shawdesh Desk: Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday rejected allegations made by a Bangladeshi NGO official Preo Bala Biswas to US president Donald Trump over ‘disappearance’ and rights abuse of