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Trump leaning on issue of race to win a second term in 2020

Shawdesh Desk: President Donald Trump has placed racial animus at the center of his reelection campaign, and even some of his critics believe it could deliver him a second term.

PM stresses need of maintaining global standard of fish products

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the importance of maintaining the international standard of fish and fish products for export as riverine Bangladesh can grab the first

Another body recovered from Patuatuli building

Shawdesh Desk: Rescuers recovered the body of another man from the rubble of a two-storied building that caved in on Wednesday afternoon in Old Dhaka’s Patuatuli. The body was retrieved

Mexican drug lord Guzman sentenced to life imprisonment

Shawdesh desk: Once one of the world’s most powerful and notorious criminals, Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday — the mandatory punishment for

`Benapole Express` A New Intercity Train

Shawdesh Desk: Benapole Express, a new intercity train to ply between capital Dhaka and country’s largest land port at Benapole, started its journey today. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flagged off

Nationwide drive to curb mosquito menace July 25-31: LGRD minister

Shawdesh Desk: The government will conduct countrywide drives from July 25 to 31 in a bid to prevent mosquitos from breeding and to eradicate larvae of mosquitos in order to

50-yr old dinghy market in Manikganj

Shawdesh Desk: A half-century old local market of dinghy (small boat) in Manikganj has garnered popularity for the quality of boats sold there, with buyers coming from across the country.

73.93 pc pass rate in HSC, equivalent exams

Shawdesh Desk: This year, 73.93 per cent students have passed the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations. The results were officially unveiled by prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday morning.