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Open Society Foundation to support Yunu’s economic reforms, justice efforts

Shawdesh Desk: The Open Society Foundations leadership met chief interim adviser to discuss Bangladesh’s efforts to rebuild the economy, trace siphoned-off assets, combat misinformation and carry out vital economic reforms.

Trains start to run as BR staffs withdraw strike

Shawdesh Desk: The running staff members of the Bangladesh Railway withdrew their indefinite work abstention programme in the early hours of Wednesday following which trains started to run across the

Senior journalist Nizam Uddin Ahmed dies

Shawdesh desk: Business editor of The Daily Observer Nizam Uddin Ahmed died while undergoing treatment at a city hospital early Wednesday. He was 71. Journalist Nizam Uddin breathed his last

CIB officials denied access to database

Shawdesh DEsk: Officials of the Credit Information Bureau at Bangladesh Bank have been denied access to the CIB database for over a year and a half, allegedly to conceal borrowers’

Titumir College ‘shutdown’ demanding university status

Shawdesh Desk; The students of Dhaka’s Government Titumir College have given a 48-hour ultimatum for its transformation into a university. Starting on Tuesday morning, they have launched the ‘Shutdown Titumir’

Lasting police, judicial reforms essential to prevent abuse by future govt: HRW

Shawdesh desk: The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned the student-led uprising’s hard-won progress towards reforming Bangladeshi state institutions could be lost, if the Prof Yunus-led government does

ACC finds defects in EVMs, questions experts’ endorsement

Shawdesh desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission has commenced its investigation into the purchase of electronic voting machines (EVMs) by the Election Commission, to find out if there were any irregularities in

BR logical demand already met: adviser

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said they had already met the logical demand for overtime payment by the Bangladesh Railway for its running staff