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Zahangir Alam’s nomination cancelled

Shawdesh Desk: The returning officer for the upcoming Gazipur City Corporation election on Sunday cancelled the nomination paper of the corporation’s suspended mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam. Returning officer Md Faridul

No scope of question leak in ongoing SSC examinations: Dipu Moni

Shawdesh Desk: The education minister Dipu Moni on Sunday said that there was no scope for leakage of question papers in the ongoing Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations.

ACC clueless about 30,000 missing Rajuk documents

Shawdesh desk: There is no progress even a month after the Anti-Corruption Commission initiated a probe into the whereabouts of some 30,000 missing applications submitted to seek approval for building

79 centres selected for inoculation, health checkup for Hajj pilgrims

Shawdesh Desk: Hajj pilgrims can undergo health checkup and inoculation against meningitis and influenza at 79 centres across the country. Ministry of Religious Affairs published a list of centres in

Government’s efforts to implement CHT peace accord recognized by UN

Shawdesh desk: The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII) welcomed the progress towards the implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord. The Forum made this observation

Bangladeshis stranded in Sudan to be brought back through Jeddah

Shawdesh desk: The government has taken measures to bring back Bangladeshi citizens stranded in Sudan, through Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Seheli Sabrin said that at

Khaleda Zia to go to hospital for health check-up today

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit Evercare Hospital on Saturday afternoon for health check-up. ‘Khaleda Madam is scheduled to go to Evercare Hospital around 3:00pm today

Two-month ban on catching Hilsa to end tomorrow midnight

Shawdesh desk: Fishermen are set to resume hilsa fishing as a two-month ban on catching, selling and transportation of the national fish will be ended on Sunday midnight. The fishermen