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Niko graft: Court summons 2 foreign witnesses

Shawdesh Desk: A court in Dhaka on Thursday summoned two foreigners to testify against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and seven others in the Niko graft case. The foreign officials are

Bangladesh announces one-day national mourning

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh has declared a one-day state mourning for Saturday (October 20) commemorating the deaths of Palestinians in Israel attacks. National flags will be hoisted at half mast on

Bangladesh to observe state mourning on Saturday for Palestinians killed by Israel

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh will observe a one-day state mourning on Saturday for the Palestinians killed in recent Israeli attacks, prime minister Sheikh Hasina announced. She also called for offering prayers

SC again asks pro-BNP lawyers not to hold rally in courts

Shawdesh desk; The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, citing a suo moto once again on Thursday, asked the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party- backed lawyers not to hold rallies

Sheikh Hasina urges OIC neighbours to resolve problems through dialogue

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the OIC neighbours to resolve their problems through dialogue in order to fight a common cause. ‘…even if there is

PM Sheikh Hasina opens 150 bridges across Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated record 150 bridges in 39 districts across Bangladesh in a single day, giving a further boost to the country’s road connectivity.

Situation in Gaza ‘spiralling out of control’: WHO chief

Shawdesh Desk: The situation in the Gaza Strip is spiralling out of control, the head of the UN health agency warned on Wednesday, following a blast at a hospital that

BNP’s Dhaka rally begins

Shawdesh Desk: The pre-scheduled rally of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has begun in front of its Naya Paltan central office in Dhaka Wednesday afternoon. Thousands of leaders and