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March for Gaza: Suhrawardy Udyan throngs with millions in vibrant solidarity

Shawdesh Desk: People have started arriving at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on Saturday to join the “March for Gaza” programme in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Although the mass gathering

91pc diseases in Bangladesh linked to climate factors

Shawdesh Desk: An overwhelming majority of the diseases in Bangladesh — 91 per cent — are linked to climate-related factors, with women and children being the most vulnerable, according to

Edn facilities for street children meagre

Shawdesh Desk: The existing government education facilities for the street children in Bangladesh are both inadequate and ineffective, observed educationists, child rights experts, and activists. They further observed that such

Inflation sustains over 9pc in March

Shawdesh Desk: The overall rate of inflation remained almost unchanged as it sustained over 9 per cent in March. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics recorded 9.35 per cent inflation in

Hasina’s extradition issue not finalised yet: Foreign adviser

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday said that chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus raised the extradition issue of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina but stressed that

BNP to launch countrywide protests against Israeli aggression in Palestine

Shawdeh DEsk: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party will soon announce extensive programmes across Bangladesh to register protests against ongoing Israeli genocide and barbaric aggressions in Palestine. BNP standing committee member Salahuddin

No security threat around Pahela Baishakh celebration: home adviser

Shawdesh Desk: Home adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said that no security threat had yet been received over the celebration of the Chaitra Sankranti and the Pahela Baishakh,

Anti-Israel protests continue across Bangladesh for second day

The anti-Israel protests continued for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in diferent areas of Bangladesh capital. In the morning Dhaka University teachers held a rally on the campus while