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PM returns home from Kolkata

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Friday night from Kolkata after wrapping up her daylong official visit to India. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines special flight carrying the

Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon in city

Shawdesh Desk: Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon arrived in Dhaka on Friday night on a brief visit, the second tour of Bangladesh this year, after leaving the United Nations,

MP Bubly to be stripped off party post

Shawdesh Desk: Narsingdi district Awami League unit on Friday decided to strip female lawmaker Tamanna Nusrat alias Bubly’s party portfolio off for her fraudulence in BA examinations under Bangladesh Open

French jihadist gets 28 years for prison attack

Shawdesh Desk: A Paris court on Friday sentenced a jailed Islamist radical to 28 years imprisonment for the attempted murder of two prison wardens in September 2016, the first jihadist

US-Bangla official among two held with 3 gold bars

Shawdesh Desk: The customs officials of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport detained a private airline official with three gold bars on Friday. The detainees were identified as Omar Faruk, Customer Service

Actress Bubly signs for “Casino”

Shawdesh Desk: Actress Shabnam Bubly has signed for a movie recently which is going to be made on Casino, one of the much-talked-about topics in the country for the last

TCB gears up onion sale at Tk 45 per kg

Shawdesh Desk: The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has accelerated the sale of onion at Tk 45 per kg both at divisional and district levels, including Dhaka city, to keep

Don’t pay heed to propaganda: Prime Minister

Shawdesh Desk: Mentioning the recent rumours over the scarcity of onion and salt in the market, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all not to pay heed to such