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Patients with fever, respiratory problems rise amid searing heat

Shawdesh Desk: With entire Bangladesh under the grip of sweltering heat, the number of patients with fever and respiratory problems has seen a rise throughout the country, including the capital.

UN court rules Myanmar genocide case can go ahead

Shawdesh Desk: The United Nations’ highest court ruled on Friday that a landmark case accusing military-ruled Myanmar of genocide against minority Rohingya Muslims can go ahead. The International Court of

HC bans passengers travelling on train roof

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court (HC) directed authorities concerned not to allow any passengers on roofs of the trains and asked to inform it the measures taken to stop black-marketing of

Govt will ensure home for all: PM

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed her firm conviction that the present government will ensure home for everyone irrespective of their political affiliation and views, saying it’s

No one without land and home in Panchagarh, Magura districts, declares PM

Shawdesh Desk: Panchagarh and Magura were on Thursday officially declared as the country’s first two districts having no landless and homeless people in a landmark achievement under Prime Minister Sheikh

Six-time PM Wickremesinghe sworn in Sri Lankan president

Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lanka’s six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president of the crisis-hit South Asian nation, his office said. Wickremesinghe, 73, who was elected by

US to send more rocket systems to Ukraine, Moscow signals wider war aims

Shawdesh Desk: The United States on Wednesday promised to send more precision rocket systems to Kyiv, soon after Moscow signaled it was aiming to seize more Ukrainian territory beyond the

Illegal battery-run rickshaws, easy bikes still on streets

Shawdesh desk: Despite a ban, battery-run rickshaws and easy bikes are freely running on different streets in the capital and elsewhere in the country, causing frequent accidents let alone consuming