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Over Tk 5cr toll collected from Dhaka Elevated Expressway in 3 weeks

Shawdesh desk; The Dhaka Elevated Expressway has been witnessing higher traffic than it was targeted, allowing the authorities to collect over Tk 5 crore in tolls since it was opened

Passer-by lawyer dies after seven days on life support

Shawdesh desk; Lawyer Bhuban Chandra Shil, 55, who suffered bullet injuries in the head during an attack on a police-listed terrorist in the city street a week ago, died at

BNP postpones Aminbazar rally as stage vandalised

Shawdesh desk: The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday postponed its pre-scheduled rally for Monday at Aminbazar in Dhaka as law enforcers allegedly destroyed the makeshift stage erected at

US visa policy won’t affect police operation: DMP Deputy Commissioner

Shawdesh desk: Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Deputy Commissioner (Media) Faruk Hossain has said the newly implemented US visa policy will not have any impact on police operations. “We have more than

BNP rally in Nayapaltan underway demanding Khaleda Zia’s release

Shawdesh desk: The rally of BNP rally is now going on in Nayapaltan of the capital demanding release of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia and her treatment abroad. Dhaka north

Indictment hearing in Khaleda’s Gatco graft case on Oct 23

Shawdesh desk: The Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 on Sunday set October 23 for holding hearing in a graft case against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and 14 others. Judge

Bangabandhu Tunnel waits for inauguration; toll rates fixed

Shawdesh desk: The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel, running beneath the River Karnaphuli in Chattogram, is now awaiting inauguration, with the primary construction phase successfully concluded. The main tunnel is

No tension with the US, says foreign minister

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen has ruled out any tension in Bangladesh-United States relations following the State Department’s announcement of initiating visa restrictions on Bangladeshi individuals. ‘We have