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Ban Ki-moon arrives in Dhaka this evening

Shawdesh Desk: Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Dhaka on Tuesday evening on a two-day visit to attend the “Dhaka meeting of the Global Commission on Adaptation”, a foreign

Ex-MP Rana finally released from jail

Shawdesh Desk: Former Awami League MP from Tangail-3 (Ghatail) Amanur Rahman Khan Rana was released from jail on bail on Tuesday, after two years and 10 months. He walked out of

Journalist Akhteruzzaman Lablu passes away

Shawdesh Desk: Akhteruzzaman Lablu, chief reporter of the daily Bhorer Kagoj, died on Monday night. He was 52. He was undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University hospital in the

EC to notice Regent Air for its inconvenient service to Mahbub Talukdar

Shawdesh Desk: The Election Commission Secretariat is going to issue notice against a private airline company Regent Air for their inconvenient behavior towards Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar and his wife. EC

Marshall Islands president arrives in city

Shawdesh Desk: Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine has arrived in Dhaka. He has come in Bangladesh to attend a two-day international conference on climate change adaptation. Foreign Minister Dr AK

Rickshaw-pullers block city road for second day to protest ban

Shawdesh Desk: Traffic movement on Progoti Sarani road in the capital came to a halt on Tuesday as rickshaw-pullers and workers concerned blocked different points of the Rampura-Badda road protesting ban

Few roads blocked in hartal hours

Shawdesh Desk: Few roads were blocked, including Dhaka-Paturia Highway in front of Jahanagirnagar University, during countrywide hartal called by the Left Democratic Alliance for eight hours on Sunday protesting against

Legality of gas price hike questioned in JS

Shawdesh Desk: Three lawmakers on Sunday raised questions over recent gas price hike which came into effect without any discussion in the house when the parliament was on session. Taking