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Bangladeshis can perform Umrah with transit visa

Shawdesh desk: Bangladeshi passengers on stopovers will be able to perform Umrah with transit visa, said Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Hajj and Umrah Affairs Dr Tawfiq bin Fawzan Ar-Rabiah on

Dengue death nears 500

Shawdesh desk: Death toll from dengue infection in the country in 2023 nears 500 with eight more deaths from the viral disease and 2,168 more hospitalisation in the past 24

Raushan Ershad declares herself Jatiya Party chairperson

Shawdesh Desk: Jatiya Party Chief Patron and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Raushan Ershad has declared herself party chairperson. The news decision was announced in a press release on

Hasina leaves Bangladesh for South Africa to attend BRICS Summit

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday left Dhaka for Johannesburg to attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in August 22-25 at the invitation of South African

Horrifying Aug 21 today

Shawdesh desk: As the clock struck 5:22pm this day in 2004, all hell broke loose as assailants hurled grenades indiscriminately at an anti-violence rally of the then opposition Awami League

PM calls for implementation of verdict in Aug 21 grenade attack case

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday stressed the need for expediting the implementation of the trial court’s verdict of the August 21 grenade attack case. ‘Our leaders and

Victims, families still await justice

Shawdesh desk: Justice remains elusive for the families of the 24 people who were killed and the scores of injured survivors in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an

Bangladesh moving forward facing natural, manmade disasters: PM

Shawdesh desk; Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that Bangladesh had been moving forward facing all the natural and manmade disasters since 2009. ‘Democratic government has continuously been here