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Liberation war veteran Nur-E-Alam Siddiqui dies

Shawdesh desk: Nur-E-Alam Siddiqui, who served as convener of Swadhin Bangla Kendriya Chhatra Sangram Parishad during the mass upsurge of 1969 and the War of Liberation in 1971, has passed

Chicken price fall exposes cheating

Shawdesh Desk: The sudden fall in the price of broiler chicken across the country has exposed the market manipulation by big players in the sector. The price of broiler chicken

Inviting BNP for talks is EC’s strategy, not govt’s: CEC

Shawdesh desk: Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Tuesday said that inviting the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party for ‘informal’ talks was a strategy of the Election Commission and

90pc fishes of Teesta extinct

Shawdesh desk: About 90 per cent of fishes and most of other aquatic lives that once made the waters of the Teesta, Dharla and Brahmaputra rivers their abode have vanished

PM slams BNP for calling for movement in Ramadan

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Monday denounced the BNP’s call for movement in the month of Ramadan disregarding its sanctity and peace in

BNP to hold iftar parties for political purposes

Shawdesh Desk: Major opposition BNP has planned to take preparations for an intensified movement against the incumbent government in future through using the iftar parties during the month of Ramadan.

US human rights report on Bangladesh is biased: SAARC HR Foundation

Shawdesh Desk: SAARC Human Rights Foundation today said the US State Department report on the human rights situation in Bangladesh is biased. The report on the human rights situation in

China greets Bangladesh on Independence Day

Shawdesh Desk: Chinese President Xi Jinping has greeted Government of Bangladesh and its people on the Independence Day. Conveying congratulatory message to President Abdul Hamid ahead of the Independence Day,