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Blasts rock Bangkok, two hurt

Shawdesh Desk: Several small explosions were heard in Thailand’s capital Bangkok in at least three locations on Friday and police said that two street cleaners had been hurt by what

9 Muktijoddha Tower occupiers evicted

Shawdesh Desk: Muktijoddha Kalyan Trust on Thursday evicted families of nine war injured freedom fighters from the Muktijoddhya Tower on Gaznavi Road in Mohammadpur saying that they were illegally occupying

Blogger Avijit murder: Ziaul among 6 indicted

Shawdesh Desk: A special court in Dhaka on Thursday indicted six people including sacked major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque, a suspected coordinator of banned extremist outfit Ansar-Al-Islam, in the case

Time for long-term plan: Sakib

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh’s ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan on Thursday urged the team management to begin long term planning for the country’s national team in the wake of their crushing

Dengue spreads in SA Games training camp

Shawdesh Desk: Three female athletes of the forthcoming South Asian Games preparation camp were hospitalised due to dengue fever on Thursday. Kabaddi player Jannatul Nyeem, Kho Kho player Asma and

Three to die for killing schoolboy in Chattogram

Shawdesh Desk: A court in Chattogram on Thursday sentenced three people to death and another to life term imprisonment for killing a schoolboy of Mirsarai upazila in the district in

China warns HK protesters with military video

Shawdesh Desk: China’s military has released a slick propaganda video showing a drill of armed troops quelling a protest in Hong Kong, in a thinly veiled warning to the city’s

At least 20 Yemenis police killed in Aden attacks: sources

Shawdesh Desk: Two separate attacks killed at least 20 police in Yemen’s government-held second city Aden Thursday, one by Shiite rebels and the other by jihadists, security and medical sources