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PM mulls area-based specific time power cuts to save fuel

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she is thinking of introducing area-based load shedding for a specific time to save the fuel that is used for power

Eid journey Launch owners upset at poor sale of tickets

Shawdesh Desk: Owners of launches have expressed disappointment over passengers’ poor response to waterway journey from Dhaka to southern districts on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha. Sources said most

Hot dog eating champ wins again in July 4 contest in New York

Shawdesh desk: A man with the playful name Joey Chestnut wolfed down 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes Monday to win the annual July 4 competitive eating contest featuring America’s

Mother, son burnt in city’s Mohammadpur gas leakage fire

Shawdesh desk: A woman and her son were burnt in a fire originated from a gas leak in a house in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Tuesday morning. The victims Ambia

Indictment hearing in Khaleda’s Niko graft case August 2

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed August 2 to hold hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman

Dengue: 46 more patients hospitalised

Shawdesh Desk: Forty-six new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Tuesday morning as cases are rising in Bangladesh. Among them, 43 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the

Bodies of two missing children found on Cox’s Bazar beach

Shawdesh desk: The bodies of two minor children who went missing from Cox’s Bazar sea beach Monday afternoon were recovered in the small hours of Tuesday. Beach workers spotted the

Make sure that none suffers: PM asks partymen

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina asked her party leaders and activists to make sure that none including her party men would suffer against the backdrop of