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Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 16 more deaths

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh reports another 16 people’s death of Covid-19 infection in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of deaths to 5,593 across the country so far. A

Rapists are like ‘beasts’: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Describing rapists as ‘beasts’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has to induct the death sentence in the relevant law to save girls from these beasts.

Covid-19: 31 more people die, 1,472 newly infected in 24 hours

Shawdesh desk: Thirty-one people have died from coronavirus or Covid-19 in Bangladesh over the last 24 hours, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on

Ordinance making rape punishable with death tomorrow: Law Minister

Shawdesh Desk: The government will issue an ordinance based on amended Prevention of Women and Children Repression Act making rape punishable with death tomorrow (Tuesday), said Law Minister Anisul Huq.

5 to die for killing minor in Joypurhat

Shawdesh desk: A Joypurhat court on Monday sentenced five people to death for abducting and killing a two-and-a-half-year-old child. The court also fined them Tk 17 lakh. Joypurhat Women and

Arms Case: Court awards 27 years jail to Papia, her husband

Shawdesh desk: The much awaited verdict against Papia and her husband was delivered on Monday awarding 27 years of imprisonment each in arms case. Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of Special

Cabinet clears bill for death penalty to rapists

Shawdesh Desk: The Cabinet has approved draft of amended law proposing death sentence for simple rape in the wake of unbridled violations and sexual harassment of women across the country.

New York’s Roosevelt Hotel to close after nearly 100 years due to the coronavirus pandemic

Shawdesh desk: Since 1924, the Roosevelt Hotel has been a witness to history. The New York City landmark was the election headquarters for Gov. Thomas Dewey when he incorrectly announced