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18th anniversary of 21 August grenade attack on Sunday

Shawdesh Desk; The 18th anniversary of the gruesome grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) anti-terrorism rally in the capital on August 21, 2004, will be observed tomorrow with heavy

11 trawlers capsize in Bay, 34 fishermen missing

Shawdesh desk; Eleven fishing trawlers with 150 fishermen capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Kuakta of Patuakhali. Some 34 fishermen went missing. Due to inclement weather, more than 1000

Suu Kyi could be moved to house arrest after verdicts: Myanmar junta chief

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar’s military chief says the junta is open to negotiations with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the crisis sparked by its coup after her trials

Market blast in north Syria kills 15 people, wounds dozens

Shawdesh Desk: A rocket attack on a crowded market in a town held by Turkey-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria killed 15 people on Friday and wounded dozens, an opposition

Bangladesh saw gross HR violation during post ’75 military regimes: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh had witnessed gross violation of human rights during the long military regimes after 1975 carnage. “We’re even barred from seeking

Don’t abandon Rohingyas, scale up supports: Bachelet urges int’l community

Shawdesh Desk: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has urged the international community to scale up their support for the Rohingyas because of the consequences due to the

Bomb attack on mosques at Navy base in Ctg: 5 JMB men get death

Shawdesh Desk: A tribunal in Chattogram has handed death to five members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in a case filed in connection to the blasts at

Govt feels the pulse of people

Shawdesh Desk: The government is considering lowering fuel prices to ease the sufferings of the people. “Taking the sufferings of the commoners into cognizance, the government has been thinking about