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Clique amasses fortune from hawkers, rickshaws

Shawdesh Desk: A Clique comprising ruling party leaders, law enforcers and city corporation officials is making crores of taka by allowing thousands of illegal hawkers on footpaths and a huge

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo: The Nobel couple fighting poverty

For the past two decades, the world’s most-feted economist couple has tried to understand the lives of the poor, in “all their complexity and richness”. And how an inadequate understanding

Boat craftsmen in Narail struggle for survival

Shawdesh Desk: Twenty-five families, who have kept the boat-making craftsmanship alive for smooth movement in the monsoon, are struggling to keep their heads above water in summer. Residents of the

More opportunities sought for girls to help them reach full potentials

Development partners on Friday sought more opportunities for girls and empower them so that they can reach their full potentials. They recognised that Bangladesh has made significant progress in improving

Five things to know about the Nobel Literature Prize

The Swedish Academy will on Thursday crown two Nobel literature laureates after postponing the 2018 prize for a year to deal with the fallout of a sexual harassment scandal that

Catholic Church: Could Pope Francis say ‘yes’ to married priests?

Catholic bishops from around the world are meeting at the Vatican to discuss the future of the Church in the Amazon. Over the next three weeks, some 260 participants will

Bangladesh knows to transform challenges into opportunities: PM

Asserting that Bangladesh knows how to transform challenges into opportunities, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the global investors to invest in Bangladesh’s education, light engineering, electronics, the automotive industry

China bursts into celebration on National Day

Amid much festivity and fanfare, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) celebrated its 70th founding anniversary, better known as the National Day, on Tuesday. The Chinese marked their national auspicious