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Taskin-inspired Tigers beat Netherlands

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh won their first-ever Super 12 match at a Twenty20 World Cup Monday, with Taskin Ahmed taking 4-25 as they beat the Netherlands by nine runs in Hobart

John Kerry praises Bangladesh for climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives

Shawdesh Desk: US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry applauded Bangladesh for its ambitious climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives despite being traditionally an insignificant emitter. In a recent

Record 1,034 dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs in Bangladesh

Shawdesh desk: At least one more dengue patient died in Dhaka and 1,034 were admitted to different health facilities across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. This is the highest

Khandker Golam Faruq made new DMP commissioner

Shawdesh Desk: The government on Sunday appointed additional inspector general of police Khandker Golam Faruq as the new commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. The Public Security Division of home

UK’s ex-finance minister Sunak says standing to be PM

Shawdesh Desk: British Conservative Rishi Sunak announced on Sunday that he was running to replace outgoing prime minister Liz Truss, making his second bid in months to lead the United

Depression over east-central Bay intensifies into deep depression

Shawdesh Desk: The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra were advised to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 as the depression over the east-central Bay intensified into

Suspended DIG prisons Bazlur Rashid jailed for 5yrs

Shawdesh Desk: The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-5 on Sunday sentenced suspended deputy inspector general of Prisons Bazlur Rashid to five years’ imprisonment for illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 3.14 crore.

Plying of private buses not my issue: Quader

Shawdesh Desk: Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that the issue of calling strike by the private bus owners was not his issue. He made the