Donald Lu to discuss climate crisis, economic ties during Dhaka visit: US
Shawdesh Desk: United States assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will meet with government officials, civil society leaders, and other Bangladeshis ReadMore
India’s SC releases jailed Delhi chief minister on bail
Shawdesh Desk: India’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered a jailed opponent of prime minister Narendra Modi to be released on bail, allowing him to campaign in an ongoing national election. ReadMore
Govt working to make every person economically solvent: Hasina
Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Friday said that her government had been implementing multi-dimentional programmes to make each of the people of Bangladesh economically ReadMore
Biden nominates David Slayton Meale as next US ambassador to Bangladesh
Shawdesh Desk: United States president Joe Biden has nominated David Slayton Meale, currently deputy chief of mission in Beijing, as the next US ambassador to Bangladesh. The nomination has been ReadMore
Israel hits Gaza after ending truce talks
Shawdesh Desk: Israel launched fresh strikes in the Gaza Strip on Friday after negotiators pursuing a long-stalled truce agreement left talks in Cairo without having secured a deal. AFP journalists ReadMore
Unwelcome returns
FS Aijazuddin: WITH the prescience that philosophers share with out-of-office politicians, a hundred years ago, a leading Indian scholar analysed the combustible demography of India. In 1923, Dr Radhakrishnan wrote ReadMore
Family of man fatally shot by NYPD officers speaks out after release of body cam video. They say they want justice.
Shawdesh Desk: The family of 19-year-old Win Rozario spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time since police body camera footage was released showing officers fatally shoot Rozario in front of his ReadMore
Bangladesh is birthplace of Global Migration Framework: IOM DG
Shawdesh desk: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope has said Bangladesh is the birthplace of the Global Migration Framework and the first champion country to address migration ReadMore
