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DMP chief warns of stern action against casino owners

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam on Thursday warned of bringing casino owners and their associates under the ambit of law no matter how influential they

What new JCD president, secretary say after being elected

Shawdesh Desk: Fazlur Rahman Khokon and Iqbal Hossain Shamol were elected president and general secretary respectively of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) through direct voting on early Thursday. Expressing their gratitude

Indian PM Modi, US President Trump to meet twice next week in US

Shawdesh Desk: India’s Ambassador to the United States Harsh Vardhan Shringla has confirmed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump are scheduled to meet twice in

Khokon new JCD President, Secretary Shamol

Shawdesh Desk: Fazlur Rahman Khokon and Iqbal Hossain Shamol have been elected president and general secretary respectively of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, through direct voting.

Dhaka ranks 7th worst in Air Quality Index

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh’s capital was ranked seventh worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Wednesday morning. Dhaka had a score of 144 at 11:35am, indicating that the quality was

At least 48 people killed in two separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan

Shawdesh Desk: At least 48 people have been killed in two separate suicide attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday. In Parwan province, to the north of Kabul, a Taliban suicide bomber

Open your eyes: UN envoy to Suu Kyi

Shawdesh Desk: A UN human rights expert has implored Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to ‘feel with her heart before it is too late’, saying that even if

160 Bangladeshi workers sent back home from Saudi Arabia

Shawdesh Desk: About 160 Bangladeshi workers, sent back home from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night amid a crackdown on undocumented workers, said they had been forced to return despite having