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Seven dead in two shootings in northern California

Shawdesh desk: Seven people were killed and one critically injured Monday in two shootings in Half Moon Bay in northern California, US media reported. There was no immediate official confirmation

Historic Mass Upsurge Day today

Shawdesh desk: The historic ‘Mass Upsurge Day’, commemorating the 1969’s movement for autonomy from the then East Pakistan that eventually led to the Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971,

PM asks deputy commissioners to increase food production

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday directed the deputy commissioners to make all-out efforts for increasing food production, to exercise austerity in using electricity and public funds, avoid

1,250 tonnes of sugar on trucks from India stuck at Benapole for 4 weeks

Shawdesh desk: A total of 42 loaded with 1,250 tonnes of sugar from India remain stuck at Benapole port for the past 28 days, as the local customs authorities allegedly

21 B’baria lawyers should be ashamed of indecent slogans against Judge: HC

Shawdesh dEsk: The High Court on Monday observed that 21 lawyers should be ashamed of chanting indecent slogans against district Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mohammad Faruq. The

Students block Uttara road for trial, punishment of Nadia’s killers

Shawdesh desk: Students of Northern University blocked road at Kaola in Dhaka’s Uttara area on Monday afternoon demanding immediate trial and punishment of the killers of their fellow student, Nadia,

EVM procurement project suspended, not cancelled, says EC secretary

Shawdesh desk: The government has decided not to proceed with electronic voting machines procurement project for now but it has not been cancelled, said Election Commission Secretary Md Jahangir Alam

Six Mymensingh war criminals sentenced to death

Shawdesh Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday sentenced six absconding war criminals to death for committing crimes against humanity in Mymensingh district during the Liberation War in 1971. The