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No signs of life have been found in the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed while carrying Iran’s president

Shawdesh Desk: A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi “crashed upon landing,” state media reported. An Iranian official said Raisi’s life was “at risk.” Harsh weather conditions and heavy fog

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Memorial Day weather: What do forecasters predict for 2024 holiday?

Shawdesh Desk: STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Memorial Day is just a week away, and so far it looks like the unofficial start of the summer will be cloudy and wet

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Iran’s President Raisi Dies: The List of Potential Suspects

Shawdesh Desk: E brahim Raisi, whose helicopter crashed in the northwest of Iran on Sunday, was both the President of Iran and a candidate jockeying to succeed the elderly actual

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BNP leader Ishraque sent to jail

Shawdesh Desk: A court in Dhaka has sent Ishraque Hossain, member of the International Affairs Committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to jail in a case filed with Paltan Police

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Conveyed our concerns to Kyrgyzstan govt: Foreign minister Hasan

Shawdesh Desk: The government of Bangladesh has expressed deep concerns over the mob violence on the night of May 17, 2024, in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek. ‘We have conveyed

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457 platoons of BGB deployed ahead of 2nd phase of Upazila polls

Shawdesh Desk: A total of 457 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh have been deployed to maintain law and order ahead of the second phase of Upazila Parishad Elections billed for

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Drivers block Dhaka roads for withdrawal of ban on battery-run rickshaws

Shawdesh Desk: Drivers of battery-run three wheelers have been staging demonstration blocking roads in Dhaka’s Mirpur, Pallabi and some other areas since Sunday morning, demanding withdrawal of ban on the

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Prime minister inaugurates weeklong SME fair in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the weeklong 11th National SME Product Fair to showcase products made by local small and medium enterprises. The fair at

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