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US wants peaceful elections, better human rights record in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: United States deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman has reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights and holding ‘free, fair, and peaceful’ national elections in Bangladesh. The statement

Durga puja to end today with immersion of Goddess Durga

Shawdesh Desk: Durga puja, the largest religious festival of the minority Hindus, will culminate in Bangladesh, with the immersion of idols on Wednesday evening. On the last day of the

PM to address media on UK, US visit on Thursday

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference on Thursday afternoon on the outcome of her recent official tour of the United Kingdom and the United States

Power grid failure paralyses three-fourths of country

Shawdesh desk: A national power grid failure on Tuesday paralysed the country’s eastern part, including Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet and Mymensingh divisions, causing immense sufferings to people as emergency services like

Trump asks SC to intervene in classified docs case

Shawdesh desk: Former US president Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in the legal tussle over classified documents seized in the FBI raid of his Florida

Swedish paleogeneticist Svante Paabo wins Nobel Medicine Prize

Shawdesh desk: Swedish paleogeneticist Svante Paabo, who sequenced the genome of the Neanderthal and discovered the previously unknown hominin Denisova, on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize. “By revealing genetic

PM Hasina reaches London on way back home

Shawdesh Desk: A VVIP chartered flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her entourage members reached London Stanstead Airport at 7:30 am (local time) for a short stopover en route

People pay last tribute to Toab Khan at Shaheed Minar

Shawdesh desk: People from all walks of life paid their last tributes to Ekushey Padak winning veteran journalist and Editor of the Dainik Bangla Toab Khan at the central Shaheed