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Dhaka court dismisses BNP’s complaint against DB chief, 9 others

Shawdesh desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday dismissed a complaint filed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party against chief of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Harun Or Rashid and nine others

Bangladesh strongly condemns burning Quran in Sweden

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has strongly condemned burning of the Quran by a far-right leader on January 21, 2023 in front of the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Stockholm,

2nd phase of Bishwa Ijtema ends with akheri munajat

Shawdesh Desk: The second phase of Bishwa Ijtema, one of the largest Muslim congregations in the world, ended on Sunday with the akheri munajat on the bank of the River

Presidential election within February 23, says EC secretary

The presidential election of Bangladesh will be held within February 23, said Election Commission secretary Md Jahangir Alam while talking to reporters after a meeting at the EC building on

Traffic to be halted in some areas Sunday morning for Ijtema: GMP

Shawdesh Desk: As done during the first phase of Bishwa Ijtema, Gazipur Metropolitan Police has issued some traffic directives to ease devotees commuting to and from the congregation ground. Movements

Bangladesh reports 16 more dengue cases

Shawdesh Desk: Nineteen more people were hospitalised with dengue in the 24 hours till Thursday morning. Of the new patients, six were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and 10 outside

Japanese envoy Iwama visits Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar

Shawdesh desk: The newly appointed Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori had his first official visit to the camps in Cox’s Bazar, where over 920,000 forcible displaced Rohingya people

Biman Bangladesh Airlines to use own aircraft for Hajj flights

Shawdesh desk: Biman Bangladesh Airlines will use its own aircraft this year for operating Hajj flights instead of leasing planes. ‘As we don’t benefit from the leasing process, we have