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Municipal polls to begin in Dec

Shawdesh Desk: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has said staggered elections to various municipalities in the country will begin in December. Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used

Covid-19: 25 more die, 1,736 test positive in 24hrs

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh reported 25 new deaths from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking a total of 5,966. Another 1,736 coronavirus patients are found in 24 hours,

Freedom of speech must not be undermined with false propaganda: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked all concerned to highlight the facts of any incident alongside protesting the spread of rumours and false propaganda in the name

Planning Minister Mannan returns home from hospital

Shawdesh Desk: Planning Minister MA Mannan returned home on Monday from the hospital after taking treatment for the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19). The Planning Minister was receiving treatment at the Combined

BNP leader Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku catches Covid-19

Shawdesh Desk: Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, a member of BNP standing committee, has caught COVID-19. Tuku, the former state minister for power, gave his sample for a COVID-19 test on

Malaysia-bound expats protest for visa extension in city

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladeshi expatriates in Malaysia who got stranded in the country due to Covid-19 pandemic staged protests by blocking roads in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka

‘Divided BNP would fail to oust unpopular government’

Shawdesh desk: BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has said their party will fail in their movement to oust the government unless the prevailing intra-party feuds are resolved first.He was

Covid-19: 18 more die, 1,568 test positive in 24hrs

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh reported 18 new deaths from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking a total of 5,941. Another 1,568 coronavirus patients are found in 24 hours,