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Prime Minister to open next year’s Kolkata Book Fair

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the next edition of Kolkata Book Fair to be held in January 2021, according to media report. The event will be dedicated

Young Tigers restrict India to 177 in Under-19 World Cup final

Sports Desk: Avishek Das, Tanzim Hasan Sakib and Shoriful Islam led a disciplined Bangladesh attack to restrict defending champions India to 177 for ten in the ICC Under-19 World Cup

BBIN countries agree on fast implementation of MVA

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh, Bhuan, India and Nepal have agreed upon the need to expeditiously finalise the Passenger and Cargo Protocols for implementation of the BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) on

Coronavirus death toll 811, surpasses SARS

Shawdesh Desk: Mainland China’s death toll from the new virus outbreak has risen to 811, surpassing the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS pandemic, as authorities enforce ever-stricter measures

Fakhrul, 34 other BNP leaders get ad-interim bail

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday granted ad-interim bail to 35 BNP leaders including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in different cases filed on charges of vandalising

BNP rally in capital this afternoon

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party is set to hold a big rally in the capital on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of the jailing of its chairperson Khaleda Zia,

China’s coronavirus death toll rises to 722

Shawdesh Desk: The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus has risen again in China while fatalities increased to 722 on Saturday, reports AP. The government announced that another

Khaleda Zia steps into 3rd year in jail

Shawdesh Desk: Amid growing frustration among the party followers for its failure to free her either through legal way or mounting political pressure, BNP is going to observe the second