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EC wants to hold a free, fair, acceptable election: CEC

স্বদেশ ডেস্ক: Amid the prevailing divisive political rhetoric, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, has said that the Election Commission (EC) commission is determined to hold a free, fair

Families of sacked BDR soldiers block Shahbagh

Shawdesh Desk: Families of former Bangladesh Rifles soldiers, dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, blocked Shahbagh crossing at about 1:30pm on Thursday breaking police barricade in front of

RAB arrests Geneva Camp drug kingpin Selim in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: Mohammad Selim Ashrafi, infamously known as Chora Selim, a notorious criminal and alleged drug kingpin of the Geneva Camp area in the city’s Mohammadpur, was arrested early Thursday

Khaleda Zia reaches London for advanced treatment

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, who left Dhaka on Tuesday night aboard a special air ambulance sent by the Emir of Qatar, has reached London to receive

India extends Hasina’s visa amid extradition call by Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: India has extended the visa of ousted-Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India amid protests, despite calls for her extradition by Dhaka, said a report of

KILLING OF ANTI-MODI PROTESTERS: Complaint filed against Hasina, 15 others

Shawdesh Desk: A new complaint was filed with the International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday, accusing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 15 of her associates of crimes against humanity in

Khaleda leaves for London for treatment

Shawdesh DEsk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia left Dhaka for London for treatment Tuesday night. She left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at about 11:45pm for the United Kingdom with air

Passports of deposed Bangladesh PM Hasina, others revoked over July killings

Shawdesh Desk: The Department of Immigration and Passports has cancelled passports of 97 individuals, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over their alleged involvement in killings during the July-August mass