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Ershad passes away

Shawdeh Desk: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, fondly known as Pallibandhu, today passed away at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka at the age of 89, said Inter Service Public Relations

Won’t tolerate corruption, warns PM

Shawdesh Desk: Reaffirming that corruption would not be tolerated, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the top government officials to keep more vigil against corruption so that this menace

Retest finds antibiotics in milk again

Shawdesh Desk: Multiple antibiotic residues have again been detected in all the 10 samples of both pasteurised and non-pasteurised cow milk tested at a Dhaka University laboratory. A group of

BNP to hold rallies at divisions for Khaleda’s release

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday decided to hold rallies in divisional headquarters for immediate release of jailed party chairperson Khaleda Zia. The party made the decision at a

26 killed in Somalia hotel siege

Shawdesh Desk: Twenty-six people were killed and 56 injured in a 12-hour attack by Al-Shabaab jihadists on a popular hotel that ended early Saturday in the southern Somali port city

Imran, Fazilatunnesa take oath of office

Shawdesh Desk: State minister Imran Ahmad, who was promoted to a full minister, and newly appointed state minister Fazilatunnesa took oath of office on Saturday. President Abdul Hamid administered the

Turkey receives first Russian missile delivery, risking US ire

Shawdesh Desk: Turkey received the first batch of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system Friday in a move expected to raise tensions with the United States, which has repeatedly warned against

Final to be shown free to air in UK

Sports Desk: England’s first Cricket World Cup final appearance for 27 years will be screened on free to air television in the United Kingdom to satisfy the demand to watch