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UK shipyard prepares for Brexit turmoil

Shawdesh Desk: Welsh businessman Stewart Graves is certain that a no-deal Brexit will shut down his marine renewable energy plant currently testing its prototypes in the Irish Sea. The entrepreneur’s

US judge temporarily suspends Missouri abortion law

Shawdesh Desk: A Missouri court Tuesday temporarily suspended a restrictive abortion law that was set to come into effect the following day in the conservative central United States’ state. Kansas

Outrage in UK as Johnson announces parliament suspension

Shawdesh Desk: British prime minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday that parliament would be suspended until October 14 —’ just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU

Kazi Nazrul’s 43rd death anniv today

Shawdesh Desk: The 43rd anniversary of death of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed today across the country. Different cultural organisations will observe the occasion organising diverse programmes

Trump says Modi feels he has ‘it under control’ in Kashmir

Shawdesh Desk: US President Donald Trump said Monday he had no need to help mediate between Pakistan and India over tensions in disputed Kashmir because prime minister Narendra Modi feels

Only 37 buying houses get registered with DoT

Shawdesh Desk: Only 37 buying houses got registered with the Department of Textiles in the government-set two-month timeframe that ended on July 28, according to DoT officials. In a gazette

Nusrat Murder: Govt probe finds no negligence of ex-governing body chairman Enamul

Shawdesh Desk: The probe body, formed by the Secretaries to the Home, Public Administration and Education Ministries and the IGP, has not found any negligence of the Sonagazi Islamia Fazil

Verdict on Rajshahi war criminal Musa alias Firoz Khan Tuesday

Shawdesh Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal will deliver its verdict on Tuesday in a case filed against Md Abdus Samad alias Musa alias Firoz Khan, 61, from Rajshahi for his