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Japan PM Fumio Kishida to sack key ministers over graft claims: report

Shawdesh desk: Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida is set to fire several top ministers who are reportedly under investigation for alleged fraud, local media said on Monday, in what would

Deaths in jail on rise

Shawdesh desk: Around 100 people died in jail custody this year, including several activists of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party in recent weeks, right groups, the party and the

BNP announces 36-hour countrywide blockade from Tuesday morning

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies in the ongoing movement on Sunday announced a 36-hour road-rail-waterway blockade across the country starting from Tuesday morning to protest at the

BNP forms human chain in front of Press Club marking Human Rights Day

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists along with the family members of the victims of enforced disappearance and political killings formed a human chain in the capital, marking

Police foil Jamaat’s human chain programme in Dhaka

Shawdesh desk: Police foiled a human chain of Jamaat-e-Islami it formed marking the Human Rights Day in the capital’s Jatrabari area on Sunday. Besides, police arrested a number of leaders,

AL to be responsible for any sanction against Bangladesh: analysts

Shawdesh Desk: Politicians, economists and analysts on Saturday said that the ruling Awami League will be responsible mainly if any Western sanctions or restrictions are imposed on Bangladesh as the

Diplomatic missions in Dhaka reconfirm support for rights activists

Shawdesh desk: A joint statement from diplomatic missions in Bangladesh on Sunday reconfirmed their support and solidarity with those who work to defend and advance human rights, fundamental freedoms, and

Israel-Hamas fighting intensified

Shawdesh desk: Israeli forces pushed Sunday into southern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled in search of shelter from bombardments and intense fighting with Hamas. Aid groups