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Claim over sheltering ‘accused’ at SSF DG’s house ‘fabricated’: statement

Facebook posts claiming that the Special Security Force director general had sheltered crime accused Ali Hussain Shishir in his apartment are fabricated, said a spokesperson on Saturday. A statement from

47 more stranded Bangladeshis repatriated from Lebanon on Saturday

Shawdesh Desk: Forty-seven more stranded Bangladeshi nationals were repatriated from war-torn Lebanon on Saturday at full government expense. They arrived on a Qatar Airways flight, QR 640, that landed at

Operating wrong eye of child: Doctor Shahedara Begum arrested

Shawdesh Desk: Shahedara Begum, a consultant pediatric ophthalmologist and strabismus surgeon of Bangladesh Eye Hospital, has been arrested in a case filed on charge of mistakenly operating the wrong eye

All-party meeting on July Declaration begins

Shawdesh Desk: The interim government has sat in an all-party meeting to finalise the “July Declaration” based on a “national consensus”. BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed and representatives of

HMPV-infected woman with other complications dies in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: A 30-year-old woman who was infected with HMPV died at Mohakhali Infectious Disease Hospital on Thursday (16 January). The deceased was identified as Sanjida Akter. Confirming the matter,

Babar freed after 18 years

Shawdesh Desk: Former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Tuesday after spending 18 years behind bars. Babar, who faced 14

Govt condemns attack on ethnic minority students

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh interim government on Thursday strongly condemned the attack on ethnic minority students. A statement, issued on the day by the chief adviser’s press office, also read that

Met office forecasts dry weather over country

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Thursday forecasted weather may remain dry for the next 24 hours over the country. ‘Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over the