Western Canada wildfires force tens of thousands to flee
Shawdesh Desk: Fires ravaging western Canada gained more ground on Sunday as two blazes merged and residents continued to evacuate. Rapidly evolving wildfires threatened large parts of the scenic Okanagan ReadMore
Horrifying Aug 21 today
Shawdesh desk: As the clock struck 5:22pm this day in 2004, all hell broke loose as assailants hurled grenades indiscriminately at an anti-violence rally of the then opposition Awami League ReadMore
Trump confirms he will skip Republican presidential debates
Shawdesh desk: Donald Trump said Sunday he will skip this week’s first Republican presidential debate, arguing that Americans know him well so there’s no need for a public showdown with ReadMore
Four climbers die on Mexico’s tallest mountain
Shawdesh desk: Four Mexicans fell and died Sunday while climbing the country’s highest mountain, officials said. They were scaling the 5,600 meter (18,500 foot) volcano called Pico de Orizaba, in ReadMore
Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters
Shawdesh Desk: The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections, a White House ReadMore
Three Bangladeshi movies nominated for Kolkata film festival
Binodon Desk: Organised by Federation of Film Societies of India (Eastern region), second edition of ‘World Film Festival Kolkata’ is going to be held in Kolkata. The film festival will ReadMore
Thailand posts lower than expected second quarter growth
Shawdesh Desk: Thailand registered lower than expected economic growth of 1.8 percent in the second quarter, official data released Monday showed. Officials blamed a slowdown in exports, which fell 5.7 ReadMore
Iran summons Danish, Swedish envoys over recurrent Quran desecration
Shawdesh Desk: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Sunday separately summoned the Danish and Swedish charges d’affaires in Tehran over the recurrent “desecration” of the Quran in the two Nordic countries, ReadMore
