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Indictment hearing in Khaleda’s Niko graft case on November 5

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday set November 5 to hold hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Sheikh

Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer win Nobel economics prize for studies on poverty

Shawdesh Desk: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has recognised Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer for “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”. Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer have won

Abrar killing: BCL expels Amit Saha

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has suspended its Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) unit deputy law affairs secretary Amit Saha for his alleged involvement in Abrar killing.

Voting underway at 8 UZs, 2 municipalities, 14 union parishads

Shawdesh desk: Voters at eight upazila parishads, 2 municipalities and 14 union parishads (UP) are exercising their franchise to elect new public representatives. The voting began at 9:00am on Monday

Want to get Bangladesh ready to face any calamity: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said she wants to prepare Bangladesh in such a way so that it can face any sort of disaster whether it is

Death toll rises to 20 as Typhoon Hagibis lashes Japan

Shawdesh Desk: More than 20 people were killed by powerful Typhoon Hagibis, local media reported Sunday, a day after the ferocious storm slammed into Japan, unleashing unprecedented rain and catastrophic

Accused Moaz in Abrar murder case arrested in capita

Shawdesh Desk: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained one more accused in BUET student Abrar Fahad murder case from Uttara area of the capital on Saturday morning.

Another accused in Abrar murder case arrested in Satkhira

Shawdesh Desk: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested another accused in BUET student Abrar Fahad murder case from Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira on Friday afternoon. Arrestee Shamim