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2,099 dengue patients undergoing treatment in country

Shawdesh Desk: Around 2,099 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country. Among them, 875 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 1,228 are

Raids at Mohammedan, three other clubs

Shawdesh Desk: Police are conducting drives at four sports club at Motijheel on suspicion of running illegal gambling there. The law enforcers raided Mohammedan Sporting Club, Arambagh Krira Sangha, Dilkusha

World Bank VP, UN special envoy on road safety due Monday

Shawdesh Desk: World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region, Hartwig Schafer, and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Road Safety, Jean Todt, are scheduled to arrive in

5 cases against JL leader Shamim, KL leader Shafiqul

Shawdesh Desk: Three cases were lodged against Juba League leader SM Golam Kibria Shamim and two cases against Krishak League leader Shafiqul Alam Firoz on Saturday after Rapid Action Battalion

US to send more military reinforcements to Gulf region

Shawdesh Desk: The United States announced Friday that it was sending military reinforcements to the Gulf region following attacks on Saudi oil facilities that it attributes to Iran, just hours

UN chief wants ‘good news’ in upcoming climate summit

Shawdesh Desk: Next week dozens of countries will gather in New York for an emergency United Nations summit to help curb the rim prospect of rising greenhouse gas emissions, however

Conflict with Iran portends WW III

The importance of this cannot be overemphasised. It is, quite possibly, life-and-death for the planet. MARK Twain once commented, ‘History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.’ The US conflict

Minibus bombing outside Iraq’s Karbala kills 12, injures 5

Shawdesh desk: A bomb exploded on a minibus packed with passengers outside the Shiite holy city of Karbala Friday night, killing 12 people and wounding five others, Iraqi security officials