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Government Plans To Roll Out Social Security Benefits For Gig Workers: Report

Shawdesh desk: Ahead of the general elections in India next year, the Modi government is reportedly planning to introduce welfare measures for gig workers employed through platforms such as Amazon,

Nine detained for attacking train, snatching valuables in Tongi

Shawdesh Desk: Police have so far detained nine suspects in connection with the attack on a train and snatching valuables from its passengers at Tongi Railway Station in Gazipur Thursday

China rains death toll increases to 78 as new storm approaches

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from record-breaking rains across northern China rose to at least 78 on Friday, as authorities warned of more flooding and another storm approached the country.

Shakib to captain Bangladesh in Asia Cup, World Cup

Shawdesh Desk: With the forthcoming Asia Cup and the ICC World Cup in mind the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday named Shakib Al Hasan as their one-day international captain to

Developing countries can follow Bangladesh: WB

Shawdesh Desk: World Bank executive director Parameswaran Iyer on Thursday said that developing countries could follow Bangladesh’s development model as he paid a courtesy call on prime minister Sheikh Hasina

Why no appeal filed against quashing Hasina’s Niko case: HC

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Wednesday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission why it filed no appeal against a High Court verdict that quashed the proceedings in the Niko graft case

Ctg catastrophe leaves 22 killed, scores in hunger

Shawdesh Desk: Thousands of people passed yet another day of nightmares in Chattogram division on Wednesday, with many of them, surrounded by water all around, living on their rooftops amid

Forty-one migrants die in shipwreck off Italy

Shawdesh Desk: Forty-one migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, survivors told local media. A group of four people who survived the disaster told rescuers