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Chief Adviser to brief diplomats Sunday

Shawdesh Desk: Interim government Chief Adviser Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to brief diplomats stationed in Dhaka on 18 August, said a senior official at the Ministry of

ICT begins probe against Hasina, others in genocide case

Shawdesh Desk: The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal launched an investigation on Thursday into the genocide and crimes against humanity case lodged against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina

Sri Lankan president greets Yunus on assumption of chief adviser

Shawdesh desk: The President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe greeted Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on his assumption of chief adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government, said a press release of the

UN to send team next week to probe Bangladesh atrocities

Shawdesh Desk: The United Nations is sending a fact-finding team to Bangladesh next week to probe atrocities committed in the country during the Student Revolution in July and early this

Anti-AL protesters beat Hasina’s supporters at Dhanmondi

Shawdesh Desk: Sheikh Hasina, 76, fled to neighbouring India by helicopter last week as student-led protests flooded Dhaka’s streets in a dramatic end to her iron-fisted rule of 15 years

Joy urges all to pay tributes to Sheikh Mujib

Shawdesh Desk: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday urged all to pay their tributes to the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at

Hasina, nine others sued at ICT

Shawdesh desk: A case was filed with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and eight others for allegedly committing crimes against humanity and

Case filed against Sheikh Hasina, four others over abduction

Shawdesh Desk: A case was filed against Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and four others for allegedly abducting a lawyer from Uttara in Dhaka in 2015. Other accused in