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NBR officials begin three-day work abstention over proposed split

Shawdesh Desk: The first day of the three-day work abstention called by the NBR Unity Council, a platform comprising officers and employees from the customs, VAT and income tax wings

Zubaida Rahman appeals against graft case conviction, gets bail

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Wednesday granted bail to BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s wife Zubaida Rahman, as she filed an appeal against her three-year jail sentence given by

World Class firms to operate Ctg port: Prof Yunus

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said the government had taken initiatives to turn Chittagong Port into world class one by entrusting its management

RAMNA BATAMUL BLAST: HC commutes death sentence of 7 convicts

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of seven members of the banned extremist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh in the case of 2001 Ramna Batamul blast

Professor Yunus begins Ctg tour with packed engagements

Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus landed at Shah Amanat International Airport by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at 9:22am on Wednesday. He was received at the airport by divisional and

DU student stabbed to death in midnight attack near Suhrawardy Udyan

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka University student was stabbed to death by an unidentified assailant near Suhrawardy Udyan, adjacent to the university campus, in the early hours of Wednesday. The victim

Pakistan says 51 killed in India clashes last week

Shawdesh Desk: Pakistan’s army announced on Tuesday a new death toll of 40 civilians and 11 military service members killed last week in the worst confrontation with India in decades.

RAMNA BATAMUL BLAST: HC commutes death dentences of seven convicts

Shawdesh desk: The High Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of seven members of the banned militant outfit Harkatul Jihad al-Islami (Huji) in the 2001 Ramna Batamul bombing case,