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Top national newspaper editors meet with chief adviser Yunus

Shawdesh Desk: Editors representing top national newspapers in Bangladesh met with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday and discussed current issues. The meeting was held at the state guest

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Additional SP Kafi in DB custody over killing, burning people

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka district additional superintendent of police Abdullahhil Kafi was kept at Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch custody for interrogation over the allegations of killing and burning students in

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Khaleda Zia acquitted in five defamation cases

Shawdesh desk: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Begum Khaleda Zia, was acquitted in five defamation cases lodged against her in various charges on Tuesday. Begum Zia’s lawyer Masud Ahmed Talukder

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Court imposes travel ban on 18 ex-ministers, eight lawmakers

Shawdesh Desk: Eighteen former ministers and eight former members of parliament were banned from travelling abroad until further notice by a metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka, as per two separate

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Death toll in Bangladesh flood reaches 67

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll in the ongoing flood across Bangladesh reached 67 as eight more deaths were recorded on Monday. The highest, 26, number of people died in Feni.

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BNP pays tribute to Zia on its 46th founding anniversary

Shawdesh desk: BNP on Sunday paid homage to its founder and late president Ziaur Rahman, marking its 46th founding anniversary. Several thousand party leaders and activists, led by Secretary General

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Prof Yunus to attend 79th UN General Assembly this month

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday confirmed that Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this month, but his

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Joint drives to recover illegal firearms from Sep 4

Shawdesh desk: Joint drives to recover illegal firearms will begin from September 4, said home adviser lieutenant general (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury. The home ministry issued a press release

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