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Power, energy sector: No effective steps taken to mend unequal deals

Shawdesh Desk: Over five months of the interim government have passed, there are still no effective initiatives to rein in power and energy sector profiteers, undermining the government’s ongoing effort

Change in uniform far from real reform, say politicians, rights campaigners

Shawdesh Desk: Politicians and rights campaigners on Monday said that the change in uniforms for the police, the Rapid Action Battalion and the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party was

BGB allowed to use sound grenades, tear gas shells on border: adviser

Shawdesh desk: Home affairs adviser retired lieutenant general Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said that they had allowed the Border Guard Bangladesh to procure non-lethal weapons like sound grenades and

Govt approves BGB to procure teargas, sound grenades to maintain border security

Shawdesh Desk: The interim government has approved the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to procure non-lethal weapons like sound grenades, teargas shells, for use along the border to maintain security. Adviser

BNP’s Babar under close observation in United Hospital

Shawdesh desk: Former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar, who was admitted to United Hospital in the capital with chest pain, has been kept under close observation in its

ACC to send letter to WHO today requesting Putul’s removal

Shawdesh Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is preparing to send a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting the removal of Saima Wazed Putul, the daughter of former prime

Voting rights to be restored at any cost: CEC

Shawdesh desk: Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has said that the voting rights of people will be restored at any cost. “People have lost interest in voting due to

Job seekers hold rally in Shahbagh to set govt job age

Shawdesh Desk: A group of job seekers gathered in Shahbagh today, calling for an increase to the age limit for applying to government jobs. The rally, held in front of