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Odhikar activists Adilur, Nasiruddin get two-year jail

Shawdesh desk: The Dhaka Cyber Tribunal on Thursday sentenced internationally acclaimed human rights defender Adilur Rahman Khan and rights organisation Odhikar director ASM Nasiruddin to two-year imprisonment in a case

Bangladesh govt sets retail prices of egg, potato, onion: Tipu Munshi

Shawdesh Desk: The government has set the prices of eggs, potato and onion for the first time against the backdrop of exorbitant prices of the items in the local market.

Bangladesh to become 3rd largest market globally, says PM Hasina

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday invited investors from the Commonwealth countries to come to Bangladesh in a bigger way. ‘Geographically, Bangladesh is at the center of a

Food prices fall in world, rise in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Food inflation in Bangladesh hit a 12-year high in August 2023 in contrast to declining food prices in the global market, according to local and international data. According

US denies Hasina-Biden conversation on G20 sidelines as claimed by Momen

Shawdesh Desk: US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has not acknowledged the conversation between Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and United States president Joe Biden on the sidelines of the

Myanmar junta, Russia sign agreement on election ‘cooperation’

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar’s junta and Russia have signed a memorandum on ‘cooperation in election activities’, state media reported on Wednesday, as both governments plan for polls that critics say will

Special mosquitoes being bred in many countries to fight dengue

Shawdesh desk: For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more effective

BIWTA falling short of target to restore abandoned waterways

Shawdesh desk: Although the government planned to restore 10,000 kilometres of navigable waterways by excavating rivers and removing silt, only about 7,000 km of waterways have been made operational since