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Rowshan declared JP interim chairperson

Shawdesh Desk: Jatiya Party senior co-chairperson Rowshan Ershad on Wednesday declared herself the interim chairperson of the party and wanted current chairperson GM Quader as the co-chairman. Anisul Islam Mahmud,

HK police fire beanbag rounds on protesters

Shawdesh Desk: Hong Kong police fired beanbag rounds and used pepper spray in late night skirmishes with pro-democracy protesters, broadcaster RTHK said on Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of people have

JOF leaders meet foreign diplomats

Shawdesh Desk: Leaders of Jatiya Oikya Front on Wednesday met with a number of foreign diplomats in the capital city of Dhaka on Wednesday. The JOF leaders, during the two-hour

Mainul Hosein sent to jail again

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday once again sent former caretaker government adviser and senior lawyer Mainul Hosein to jail after scrapping his bail in a defamation case filed

Eight die, 26 missing in California boat fire

Shawdesh Desk: Eight people were dead, more than two dozen missing and feared deceased on Monday after a scuba diving boat caught fire and sank off the California coast, with

Saudi-led airstrikes kill at least 100 in rebel-run prison

Shawdesh Desk: The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen staged multiple airstrikes on a detention center operated by the Houthi rebels in the southwestern province of Dhamar, killing at least 100

Pakistan in panic mode

Shawdesh Desk: It’s going to be a month since the Indian Parliament legislated radical steps in making two union territories out of Jammu and Kashmir State. Such a move has

Supreme Court upholds Ayesha’s bail

Shawdesh Desk: The Appellate Division on Monday upheld the High Court bail for Ayesha Siddika Minni in a case over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif and paved the