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Israeli PM pledges to occupy Jordan Valley if re-elected

Shawdesh Desk: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a deeply controversial pledge on Tuesday to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank if re-elected in September 17 polls.

Repression of opposition only success of government: Manna

Shawdesh Desk: Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahamn Manna on Tuesday said that the government had failed to ensure good governance in the country but was successfully repressing the opposition political

Only 2G services in Rohingya camps

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission suspended 3G and 4G services in Rohingya camp areas in Teknaf and Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar for an indefinite period. ‘The services were suspended

PM calls for urgent action to advance climate adaptation solutions

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today joined the leaders from the Global Commission on Adaptation urging the governments and businesses to take urgent action to innovate and advance climate

Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now ‘dead’

Shawdesh desk: U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now “dead,” President Donald Trump declared Monday, two days after he abruptly canceled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban

Khaleda has not facilitated Ershad regime: Fakhrul

Shawdesh Desk: Rejecting prime minister’s claim that Khaleda Zia facilitated Ershad regime, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that her party chief had nothing to do with

GM Quader finally made deputy opposition leader

Shawdesh Desk: In the wake of a series of dramas, Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has been made Deputy Opposition Leader in parliament as the party leaders earlier reached an

City road crash: Family of Krishna seeks Tk 2 crore as compensation

shawdesh Desk: The family of Krishna Roy, who lost her left leg in a road crash at Banglamotore in the capital on August 27, has sought compensation of Tk 2