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DIG Mizan shown arrested in bribery case

Shawdesh Desk: Suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman has been shown arrested in a case filed for transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe. Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of

Sedition case against Priya Saha dismissed

Hours after filing of a sedition case against Priya Biswas Saha for her comments “against the state” during a meeting with the US President Donald Trump, a Dhaka court dismissed

PM disapproves immediate legal step against Priya

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has disapproved a planned government initiative to expose Priya Saha to seditioncharges ahead of obtaining her explanation about her comments during an interaction with US president

Rivers around Dhaka swelling but won’t overflow: BWDB

Shawdesh Desk: Rivers around the capital Dhaka are swelling but it is unlikely that they will cross their danger levels and enter the city, Bangladesh Water Development Board told New

Abe on way to be retained as Japan’s PM

Shawdesh Desk: Japanese voters cast ballots Sunday in an upper house election, with Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc looking to protect its majority and keep on track plans to amend the

Priyanka Gandhi detained in UP

Shawdesh desk: General Secretary of the AICC in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was on Friday detained near Varanasi by the Uttar Pradesh police, who prevented her

‘Bangladesh a country of religious harmony’

US Ambassador in Dhaka Earl R Miller has said that the allegation Bangladeshi national Priya Saha had made to US President Donald Trump on the minority community is not correct.

Iran seizes British tanker in Strait of Hormuz for ‘breaking maritime rules’

Shawdesh Desk: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Friday that they had seized a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz for breaking ‘international maritime rules’ as tensions mount in the highly