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Consequences won’t be good if anyone tries to foil Jan 7 elections: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday reiterated that Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat were trying to foil the parliamentary elections scheduled for January 7. ‘The consequences will not

BGB, RAB deployed across Bangladesh amid second day of blockade

Shawdesh Desk: A total of 233 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh and 428 teams of Rapid Action Battalion have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order amid

Bangladesh’s Sheikh Mohammed Belal re-elected MD of CFC

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh’s Sheikh Mohammed Belal has been re-elected managing director of the Common Fund for Commodities. He has been re-elected with 68.01 per cent votes at the 35th Annual

6th blockade: 232 BGB platoons, 432 RAB patrol teams deployed across country

Shawdesh Desk: To maintain law and order across the country during the ongoing 48-hour road, rail and waterways blockade, a huge number of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Rapid Action

BNP secretary general Fakhrul denied bail

Shawdesh desk: The Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court on Wednesday rejected the bail petition of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case

No objection if election schedule changed maintaining timeframe: AL

Shawdesh desk: The ruling Awami League general secretary, Obaidul Quader, on Wednesday said that his party had no objection if the next general election schedule was changed maintaining the timeframe

Syed Ibrahim launches new alliance ‘Juktafront’, announces to join election

Shawdesh Desk: Kalyan Party chairman Major General (retired) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim on Wednesday launched a new political alliance ‘Juktafront’ with two other political parties and announced to join the next

UN unanimously adopts Bangladesh resolution on natural plant fibres

Shawdesh Desk: Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution, Natural Plant Fibres and Sustainable Development. This resounding support is a testament to the