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Isolated cell only after all processes: HC

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court ruled on Monday that no death sentence prisoner could be put in isolated cells of prisons before the completion of the judicial and administrative processes.

PM apprised of debt payment challenges

Shawdesh desk: The latest depreciation of the local currency by Tk 7 against the US dollar will push up the foreign loan payment from the initial projection in the new

Donald Lu arrives today

Shawdesh Desk; Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud said that the issues relating to the United States’ visa policy for Bangladesh announced before the January 7 elections and Dhaka’s call for withdrawal

PM to attend ICPD30 Global Dialogue in Dhaka May 15

Shawdesh Desk: The governments of Bangladesh, Bulgaria and Japan, together with UNFPA, will host the “ICPD30 Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity and Sustainable Development” in Dhaka on May 15-16. The

Eight people killed in road accidents in five districts

Shawdesh Desk: At least eight people were killed and four others were injured in road accidents in Gazipur, Dinajpur, Narsingdi, Chattogram and Sylhet districts on Friday night and Saturday morning.

New heatwave likely from this week

Shawdesh desk: A fresh heatwave is likely to start this week with a gradual decrease in rainfall and an increase in day temperatures over the next few days, the Bangladesh

Over 200 dead in Afghanistan flash floods: UN

Shawdesh Desk: Over 200 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple Afghan provinces, the United Nations said on Saturday, as authorities declared a state of emergency and

Donald Lu to discuss climate crisis, economic ties during Dhaka visit: US

Shawdesh Desk: United States assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will meet with government officials, civil society leaders, and other Bangladeshis