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HC acquits ex-MP Habib in Hasina’s motorcade attack case

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court (HC) today acquitted former BNP lawmaker Habibul Islam Habib of the charges in a case lodged over the 2002 attack on the motorcade of the

Khaleda urges people to stay united to defend mass uprising gains

Shawdesh desk: Calling for an ‘ironclad unity’ to defend mass uprising gains, Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said that people are eagerly waiting for a positive democratic

July uprising protesters shot at point blank in some cases: UN report

Shawdesh Desk: State security forces and Awami League men were involved in crimes against humanity during the July uprising as the security forces in some cases shot defenceless protesters from

Manifesto, programmes of students’ party not finalised

Shawdesh Desk: The manifesto and the programmes of the new political party of the students who led the July-August mass uprising are yet to be finalised though the party is

UN chief Antonio Guterres to visit Bangladesh in March 13-16

Shawdesh Desk: The office of the United Nations Secretary-General has said that UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres will undertake an official visit to Bangladesh from March 13-16. The visit follows an

Adviser Nahid resigns

Shawdesh Desk: Mohammad Nahid Islam, the interim government’s adviser to the ministries of information and broadcasting and posts, telecommunications and information technology, has been submitted his resignation to the chief

Yunus urges Maldives to regularise undocumented Bangladeshi expats

Shawdesh Desk: Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday urged the Maldivian government for regularising the undocumented Bangladeshi expatriates living in the country and recruiting more workforce from Bangladesh. The

BNP vice-chairman Abdullah Al Noman dies

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party vice-chairman and former minister Abdullah Al Noman passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday morning. He was 82. He breathed