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120 people killed in South Korean plane crash

Shawdesh Desk: Some 120 people are confirmed dead and just two people — both flight crews — rescued alive, South Korea’s fire agency said Sunday, after a Jeju Air plane

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July mass upsurge trial to be completed before Victory Day next year: Asif Nazrul

Shawdesh Desk: Asif Nazrul, adviser to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, has said that the trial proceedings of those responsible for the July-August mass upsurge will be

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Unelected govt shouldn’t remain in power for a long period: BNP

Shawdesh Desk: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday said that an unelected government should not remain in power for a long period. The party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

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Judiciary Reform: SC mulls minimum age of 50 for HC judges, 60 for AD

Shawdesh desk: The Supreme Court and the Judiciary Reform Commission have prepared separate draft ordinances, with the Supreme Court’s draft ordinance proposing 50 years as the minimum age for appointing

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Govt officials hold human chains demanding elimination of discrimination

Shawdesh desk: Officials of 25 cadres under the Bangladesh Civil Service on Thursday held human chains in front of their work stations for a one-hour across the country demanding elimination

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Fire at Bangladesh Secretariat building under control

Shawdesh Desk: The fire that broke out at building number 7 of Bangladesh Secretariat on early Thursday, was brought under control in the morning, the Fire Service officials said. It

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Irfan kills seven on vessel in Meghna over ‘previous anger’: RAB

Shawdesh desk: Rapid Action Battalion has revealed that arrestee Irfan murdered the seven people onboard fertiliser-laden vessel in the Meghna River out of anger after being deprived of wages for

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Case filed over seven murders on vessel in Meghna

Shawdesh desk: A case was filed on Tuesday night over seven people’s death in a brutal attack on MV Al-Bakhera, a vessel carrying fertiliser in the River Meghna in Chandpur.

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