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Trainee doctors block city road for arrears, allowance hike

Shawdesh Desk: Several hundred trainee doctors blocked the road in front of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital on Saturday demanding arrears and allowance

Gas cylinder leakage, bad handling put lives at risk

Shawdesh Desk: An increasing number of fire incidents or explosions originating from cylinder gas leakage or defective burners that have killed and injured many people in recent days raise an

35 Somalis arrive in India to face trial over hijacking ship

Shawdesh desk: India brought 35 accused Somali pirates to Mumbai on Saturday, days after they were apprehended when naval commandos recaptured a hijacked bulk carrier and rescued several hostages. The

1st phase upazila parishad polls on 8 May

The first phase of upazila parishad election will be held in 152 upazilas on 8 May. The Election Commission announced the schedule on Thursday. More to

LNG power plant capacity charge to cripple economy

Shawdesh dEsk: Bangladesh’s economic crisis is set to take on a new dimension this year with the country introducing its first-ever power plants that will exclusively operate on imported liquefied

Appeal for Khaleda’s treatment abroad rejected

Shawdesh Desk: The law ministry on Wednesday formally turned down a request of the family of the main opposition Bangladesh National Party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia to

BNP aims to popularise state reform proposals

Shawdesh Desk: The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party is planning to organise some programmes to popularise its previously announced 31-point democratic reform agenda among the people and the party’s grassroots.

Tanvir, wife among 9 jailed for life over Sonali Bank-Hallmark scam

Shawdeh Desk: The Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 on Tuesday sentenced nine people, including Hallmark Group managing director Tanvir Mahmud and his wife and the group’s chairman Jasmine Islam, to life