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Many missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

Shawdesh desk: At least 80 migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia, reports BBC. Four people were rescued from the inflatable vessel – which

Ershad urgently needs blood

Shawdesh Desk: Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad urgently need huge volume of blood following his dialysis on Friday at Dhaka Combined Military Hospital, said Ershad’s personal secretary and also JP

2,329 killed in 2,159 road accidents in 6 months

Shawdesh Desk: At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of

Tigers in first WC meet against Pakistan

Sports Desk: Bangladesh will play their first game in a World Cup against Pakistan, when the two sides meet at ‘Home of Cricket’ Lord’s on Friday. The match starts at

Strongest Earthquake in Southern California

Shawdesh Desk: The strongest earthquake in Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday, rattling nerves on the July 4th holiday and causing injuries and damage in a town near

Bangladesh, China ink nine agreements

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh and China on Thursday signed nine instruments for further strengthening cooperation on power, water resources, culture and tourism sectors as well as providing 2,500 metric tonnes of

Hajj flight starts today

Shawdesh Desk: The first hajj flight carrying 417 pilgrims left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on Thursday morning. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines BG-3001 with the Bangladeshi pilgrims took off

Mexico deploys force at Guatemala border permanently

Sawdesh Desk: The Mexican government on Wednesday began a ‘permanent deployment’ of federal forces along the River Suchiate on the border with Guatemala to prevent the entry of migrants, a