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BNP says Dhaka train burning a planned sabotage, demands judicial probe

Shawdesh desk: Calling it a planned act of sabotage by a certain quarter, the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday demanded an immediate impartial judicial inquiry into the incident

Electioneering begins for January 7 polls

Shawdesh desk: The electioneering for the January 7 general election that was boycotted by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and some other major parties began on Monday following the

PM Sheikh Hasina mourns casualties in China earthquake

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the casualties in the deadliest earthquake in years in remote villages of northwest China’s Gansu

148 BGB platoons, 422 RAB patrol teams deployed across Bangladesh

Shawdesh desk: A total of 148 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order as the dawn to dusk countrywide hartal called

It would have been better if BNP joined polls: CEC

Shawdesh desk: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazil Habibul Awal on Monday said that it would have been better if BNP had joined the 12th parliamentary election scheduled for January 7.

AL to declare election manifesto on 27 Dec

Shawdesh desk: The Awami League will announce its election manifesto on 27 December for the upcoming 12th parliamentary polls, scheduled to be held on 7 January. The election manifesto will

India should support voting rights of 18cr people in Bangladesh: BNP

Shawdesh desk: BNP Senior Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has called upon neighboring India to support the struggle to reinstate voting rights for 18 crore people in Bangladesh. “India is

Razzaque’s remarks on releasing BNP leaders overnight personal: Quader

Shawdesh desk: Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said that Bangladesh AL presidium member and agriculture minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque’s remarks on releasing BNP leaders overnight on