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Journalists to get temporary passes to enter secretariat from Monday

Shawdesh Desk: Journalists will get temporary passes to enter the Secretariat from Monday. Accreditation cards of journalists are being re-evaluated by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and new permanent

BB governor admits failures, progress in Bangladesh’s financial sector

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur said on Sunday that Bangladesh had made significant progress in the development of its financial sector though there have been numerous shortcomings

Enforced disappearance, extrajudicial killings, July massacre: Govt aims to finish trial of main accused in a year

Shawdesh Desk: International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam and law adviser Asif Nazrul, among others, on Saturday said that the trials of the prime accused in the cases

2024: A year of mass uprising that reshaped Election Commission

Shawdesh Desk: The Election Commission experienced a tumultuous 2024, marked by a controversial national election and culminating in its reconstitution following a mass uprising that ended Sheikh Hasina’s 16-year rule.

Top pro-Saad leader arrested over Ijtema Ground violence

Shawdesh Desk: Police arrested Zia Bin Kashem, a top leader in the pro-Saad group of Tabligh Jamaat movement, from Double Mooring area of Chattogram district on Saturday for alleged involvement

India unlikely to sacrifice Sheikh Hasina

Shawdesh dEsk: Bangladesh interim government’s request to India to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina faces multiple hurdles, including the bilateral extradition treaty. According to people in the know, India

Voter Age: BNP criticises CA’s proposal

Shawdesh Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the Chief Adviser’s suggestion to set the minimum age for becoming a voter at 17 has sparked

Bus driver arrested over deadly Mawa expressway crash

Shawdesh dEsk: RAB personnel on Saturday arrested the driver of the bus that a day earlier killed six people in a crash at the Dhaleshwari toll plaza of Dhaka-Mawa expressway.