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Attempts to bring back Mujib killers fall flat

Shawdesh Desk: The Bangladesh government has continued its diplomatic efforts to bring back MA Rashed Chowdhury and SHMB Noor Chowdhury, self-declared killers of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,

UK keen to boost bilateral relationship with Bangladesh: Sarah Cooke

Shawdesh Desk: Newly appointed British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Monday said that her country was keen to enhance the bilateral trade and investment relationship with Bangladesh. The

Govt to reward those providing info on Mujib’s killers: Momen

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Monday said that the government would reward those who could provide information on the killers of Bangladesh‘s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

PM to inaugurate Dhaka Elevated Expressway on Sept 2

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the Dhaka Elevated Expressway on the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport-Farmgate route on September 2 and the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Two ‘fake RAB members’ arrested over raping tourist in Cox’s Bazar

Shawdesh Desk: Members of the Rapid Action Battalion have arrested two people in connection with their alleged involvement in raping a tourist and looting valuables at a tourist cottage in

Bangladesh’s dengue death toll nears 400 this year

Shawdesh Desk: A total of 11 more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 398 this

10 members of extremist group Imam Mahmud’s Kafela’ detained

Shawdesh Desk: Members of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit detained 10 suspected operatives of the newly formed extremist outfit Imam Mahmud’s Kafela after conducting Operation Hillside at a

15,600 houses severely damaged in Bandarban flood

Shawdesh Desk: A significant number of people who sought refuge in shelters due to the devastating floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in Bandarban have now returned to their