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No way to retreat from EVMs: CEC

Shawdesh Desk: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Monday said there is no scope to backtrack from the decision of using electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the elections

Prime Minister to address nation today

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening (Tuesday) on the occasion of the completion of one year of the present government. “The prime minister will

PM asks police to be more “public-friendly”

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the members of Bangladesh Police to be more “people-friendly”, saying that the people’s confidence and trust in the police have increased to a

Complaining is a habit of BNP: Tofail Ahmed

Shawdesh DEsk: Awami League Advisory Council Member Tofail Ahmed on Monday said BNP has a habit of complaining after losing elections. “They’re already saying that they won’t be able to

Bashundhara Group’s director Sabrina Sobhan stands beside lynched Renu’s children

Shawdesh Desk: Bashundhara Group Director Sabrina Sobhan stands beside the two children of Taslima Begum Renu, who was killed in a mob beating in Dhaka’s Badda area on July 20.

Jahangir Kabir Nanak hospitalised

Shawdesh Desk: Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak was admitted to Labaid hospital in the capital’s Dhanmondi on Monday morning after suffering a heart attack. Biplob, personal secretary of

Arrest warrant issued against former Chief Justice SK Sinha, 10 others

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday issued arrest warrants against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others persons in a case filed under Money Laundering Act by

Director General of SDC visits Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: The Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Ambassador Manuel Sager arrived in Dhaka today (Sunday) for a five-day visit to Bangladesh. The objective