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Consequences won’t be good if anyone tries to foil Jan 7 elections: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday reiterated that Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat were trying to foil the parliamentary elections scheduled for January 7. ‘The consequences will not

The frantic effort behind the Hamas-Israel truce deal

Shawdesh Desk: A secret cell headed by CIA and Mossad chiefs, and multiple contacts between US President Joe Biden and leaders of Israel, Qatar, and Egypt underpinned an “excruciating” five

BNP secretary general Fakhrul denied bail

Shawdesh desk: The Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court on Wednesday rejected the bail petition of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case

Syed Ibrahim launches new alliance ‘Juktafront’, announces to join election

Shawdesh Desk: Kalyan Party chairman Major General (retired) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim on Wednesday launched a new political alliance ‘Juktafront’ with two other political parties and announced to join the next

Fresh blockade called by BNP, allies underway across Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: The fresh nationwide 48-hour blockade, called by the main opposition Bnagladesh Nationalist Party and its allies to press home their one-point demand, began Wednesday morning. The blockade, sixth

Bangladesh slams UN’s comments on its human rights situation

Shawdesh Desk: Questioning the intention of three United Nations Special Rapporteurs, Bangladesh on Tuesday said it seems that the SRs were ‘influenced by a desire to malign’ the government with

RAB arrests BNP chairperson’s advisor Habibur Rahman

Shawdesh Desk: Members of Rapid Action Battalion have arrested Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s advisor Md Habibur Rahman Habib. RAB arrested the BNP leader in Dhaka’s Mirpur DOHS area

Nothing can be achieved through arson violence: Hasina

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that good sense should prevail among the arsonists as nothing can be gained by burning people. ‘The arson violence has recently