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Princess Anne: The can-do will-do royal

There is one great final duty that many children feel towards their parents: the duty to see them safely and peacefully to their last rest. Almost all who take on

‘Just doing my job,’ says record-setting Nepali climber

Shawdesh Desk: Summiting the world’s 8,000-metre mountains is the ultimate bucket list dream for ambitious climbers, a feat managed by fewer than 50 people, and Sanu Sherpa is the first

Crown Jewels: The royal family’s precious gems

Shawdesh desk: The Crown Jewels form the centrepiece of the royal coronation, and symbolise the pomp and history of the British monarchy over the centuries. – The Imperial State Crown

Bangabandhu, his daughters had memories with Queen Elizabeth II

Shawdesh Desk: Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, died on Thursday at the age of 96. Buckingham

Israeli U-turn over West Bank romance declarations

Shawdesh desk; Israel has dropped a controversial demand for foreigners visiting the occupied West Bank to report romantic links with Palestinians within 30 days. Revised rules also on foreigners living

Dhaka’s oldest surviving Binat Bibi Mosque in a sorry state

Sawdesh Desk: The Binat Bibi Mosque’s structure offers nothing spectacular if the architectural aspect is considered but its specialty lies in its history. The five hundred and sixty six-year-old building

Last member of Brazilian indigenous community found dead

Shawdesh Desk: The last of his people, a Brazilian indigenous man known only as “the man of the hole” has been found dead, decades after the rest of his uncontacted

The verdict that sent Malaysia’s untouchable ex-PM Najib to prison

Shawdesh Desk: Earlier this week, inside the huge, Islamically-styled Palace of Justice in Malaysia’s political capital Putrajaya, something remarkable happened. In the dock stood a man of immense wealth and