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Bangladesh PM inaugurates Bar Council Building

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the newly constructed 15-storey building of Bangladesh Bar Council in Dhaka. The building with state-of-the-art facilities costing Tk 138 crore has adequate

Awami League lawmaker Shahjahan Mia dies

Shawdesh desk: Shahjahan Mia, lawmaker of Patuakhali-1 constituency and also president of Patuakhali district unit Awami League, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Saturday. He was 85. Shahjahan

Dengue rages in rural areas in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Dengue fever rages in rural Bangladesh like wildfire, infecting more than one member of almost every family as the government has failed to recognise the disease as an

Awami League advisory council member Fakhrul Islam Munshi dies

Shawdesh Desk: Awami League advisory council member and former deputy minister AFM Fakhrul Islam Munshi passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Saturday. He was 76. Fakhrul Islam,

Bangladesh announces one-day national mourning

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh has declared a one-day state mourning for Saturday (October 20) commemorating the deaths of Palestinians in Israel attacks. National flags will be hoisted at half mast on

Sheikh Hasina urges OIC neighbours to resolve problems through dialogue

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the OIC neighbours to resolve their problems through dialogue in order to fight a common cause. ‘…even if there is

PM Sheikh Hasina opens 150 bridges across Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated record 150 bridges in 39 districts across Bangladesh in a single day, giving a further boost to the country’s road connectivity.

Vandalism case against BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul to continue: HC

Shawdesh desk: The High Court has rejected a plea of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir seeking to scrap charge framing in a vandalism case lodged in 2012. The