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Nationwide mayhem was a conspiracy to destroy economy: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the nationwide mayhem was part of a conspiracy to completely cripple the economy to make Bangladesh again a country of beggars.

RAB arrests 290 more people from Dhaka, elsewhere

Shawdesh Desk: Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested 290 people from different parts of the country, including Dhaka, in connection with the recent violence over quota reform protests. ASP Imran

Bangladesh says quota protest leaders held for their own safety

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh said three student leaders had been taken into custody on Friday for their own safety. Students Against Discrimination head Nahid Islam and two other senior members of

Wholesale arrests, night-time block raids continue across Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Law enforcement agencies have continued arrests, and night-time block raids in many areas of Dhaka and other places across the country as part of their special drive against

Prime minister visits NITOR to see victims of quota protests

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday morning visited National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation to see the injured people who came under attacks during the recent countrywide

JU teacher resigns protesting at attack on students

Shawdesh Desk: An associate professor of Jahangirnagar University has resigned from his position protesting at ‘brutal attacks’ on students by the government. Zahidul Karim, a teacher of the management studies department, submitted

Malaysia can fully manufacture Perodua car in Bangladesh: PM

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today invited Malaysia to set up facilities to fully manufacture their Perodua brand car in Bangladesh. She made the call when outgoing Malaysian High

Police on arrest spree after student protests

Shawdesh Desk: Authorities launched a countrywide arrest drive after dozens of cases were filed on charges of acts of sabotage after violent student protests that left at least 157 killed