Shahbagh, Karwan Bazar Metro station to open on Dec 31
Shawdesh Desk: The last two remaining stations in Shahbagh and Karwan Bazar areas under metro rail services would open for public on December 31, said officials of Dhaka Mass Transit ReadMore
‘Not casting vote’ is a right too: NHRC chairman
The National Human Rights Commission chairman, Kamal Uddin Ahmed, on Thursday said that casting vote for anyone was a right while ‘not casting vote’ was also a right. The NHRC ReadMore
BNP announces two-day mass contact programme again
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday announced a two-day mass contact and leaflet distribution program as part of their programmes to boycott the January 7 general election and ReadMore
Verdict in graft case against Mirza Abbas deferred for third time
Shawdesh desk: A special judge court in Dhaka on Thursday deferred the delivery of the verdict in a graft case, filed in 2007, against main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing ReadMore
Poet Abu Bakar Siddique dies
Shawdesh desk: Poet Abu Bakar Siddique died at a hospital in Khulna city Thursday morning. He was 91. Abu Bakar, also father of ex-president Erahad’s second wife Bidisha Ershad, breathed ReadMore
Four killed as picnic bus collides with pick-up van in Cox’s Bazar
Shawdesh Desk: At least four people were killed and eight others injured in a head-on collision between a pick-up van and a picnic bus on Cox’s Bazar-Chattogram highway in Harbang ReadMore
Ex-home minister Altaf, Major Hafiz among 8 BNP leaders jailed
Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Thursday sentenced eight leaders and activists of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalists Party, including its vice-chairmen Air Vice Marshal (retired) Altaf Hossain ReadMore
Prospects for peace and solving global problems
Xi Jinping: ‘It is unrealistic for one side to remodel the other… the planet Earth is big enough for the two countries to succeed.’ Joe Biden: ‘We will not leave ReadMore
