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Ban Visited Camp & Fears Rohingya Crisis For Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his fears that the Rohingya issue would eventually be an unbearable crisis for Bangladesh as he criticized Myanmar for its

Media Personal Jahangir Passes Away

Shawdesh Desk: Muhammad Jahangir, a noted media personality and executive director of Centre for Development Communication, died at a hospital in the city early Wednesday. He was 68. Jahangir, a

Beijing to help resolve Rohingya crisis: PM

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said Chinese leaders have assured Bangladesh of extending all-out cooperation to resolve the Rohingya crisis and repatriate Myanmar nationals to their homeland. She

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