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EC is totally independent in conducting election: PM

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the Election Commission (EC) is totally independent in holding the next general election as the visiting UK’s Minister of State (Indo-Pacific)

HC bench forwards writ against presidential election process to CJ

Shawdesh desk: A High Court bench on Sunday said that it felt ‘embarrassed’ to hear a writ petition filed challenging the process of electing Mohammad Shahabuddin as president and it

Students lock RU admin building protesting at attack on them

Shawdesh Desk: Rajshahi University students on Sunday demonstrated in front of the administration building of the university and locked the building, protesting at the ‘attack on them by locals and

BNP won’t join polls under present govt, party leaders tell EU envoys

Shawdesh Desk: The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party had a closed-door meeting with the diplomats of the European Union countries in Bangladesh on Sunday where the party leaders told the

Mymensingh becomes city of euphoria as PM appears in public

Shawdesh Desk: Mymensingh, one of the oldest cities located on the bank of the Brahmaputra river, on Satuday turned into a place of euphoria as it became the ultimate destination

Tk 7.8m Ad on Dr Yunus in Washington Post: A plot to defame Bangladesh govt

Shawdesh desk: A new conspiracy has been hatched to defame the Bangladesh government through depicting Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus as a ‘victim of unfair treatment’. Mentioning about

German gunman kills 6 at Hamburg Jehovah’s Witness hall

Shawdesh Desk: A gunman stormed a service at his former Jehovah’s Witness hall in Germany, killing six people before taking his own life after police arrived, authorities in the port

PM inaugurates, lays foundations of 103 projects in M’singh

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 103 development schemes to ensure overall development of Mymensingh division. She inaugurated 73 development projects involving