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Cheapest private Hajj package deal fixed at Tk463,000
Shawdesh Desk: A Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrim has to spend at least Tk463,744 to perform holy Hajj through private agencies as Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) has announced this year’sReadMore
Govt announces Hajj packages
Shawdesh Desk: The government announced packages for this year’s Hajj pilgrimages on Wednesday. As per the announcement, Tk 456,530 hajj package was proposed this year under private management, which isReadMore
PM distributes National Sports Award to 85 persons, organisers
Shawdesh dEsk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday distributed the “National Sports Award” to 85 sports persons and organisers in recognition to their glorious contribution to the country’s sports arena.ReadMore
Asani weakens into cyclonic storm
Shawdesh Desk: Asani, the severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, weakened into a cyclonic storm on Wednesday morning. The cyclonic storm moved west-northwestwards in the west central BayReadMore
Former food minister Qamrul Islam hospitalised
Shawdesh Desk: Former food minister Qamrul Islam has been admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) as he is suffering from diarrhoea. Qamrul, Member of Parliament from Dhaka-2 constituency, wasReadMore
Poll panel still lacks capacity to use EVMs in all 300 seats, says CEC
Shawdesh Desk: The Election Commission still lacks the capacity to hold the entire national election through electronic voting machines (EVMs), Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said on Tuesday. “WeReadMore
Heavily armed troops evacuated outgoing Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa from his official residence in Colombo on Tuesday after thousands of protesters breached the main gate. Protesters who forced their way into the capital’s “Temple Trees” residence then attempted to storm the main two-storey building where Rajapaksa was holed up with his immediate family. “After a pre-dawn operation, the former PM and his family were evacuated to safety by the army,” a top security official told AFP. “At least 10 petrol bombs were thrown into the compound.” Rajapaksa’s evacuation to an undisclosed location followed a day of violent protests in which five people, including a lawmaker, were killed and nearly 200 wounded. The security official said police kept up a barrage of tear gas and fired warning shots in the air to hold back mobs at all three entrances to the colonial-era building, a key symbol of state power. Dozens of homes of top Rajapaksa loyalists were torched elsewhere in the curfew-bound country, which has been under a state of emergency since Friday. The emergency order from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the outgoing premier’s younger brother, gave sweeping powers to the military as protests demanding the duo’s resignation escalated over the country’s worst-ever economic crisis. Protestors and Sri Lankan religious leaders blamed the former prime minister for instigating the family’s supporters to attack unarmed protestors on Monday, sparking retaliatory attacks.
Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangladesh needs enhanced investment from its friendly countries, especially from the USA, as it aspires to become a developed and prosperousReadMore
Severe cyclonic storm Asani likely to weaken, says weatherman
Shawdesh Desk: Asani, the severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, is likely to move in a northwesterly direction and weaken into a cyclonic storm over the next 12ReadMore
