Early study results suggest 2 Ebola treatments saving lives
Shawdesh Desk: Two of four experimental Ebola drugs being tested in Congo seem to be saving lives, international health authorities announced Monday. The preliminary findings prompted an early halt ReadMore
Amsterdam sex workers angry at red light district tours ban
Shawdesh Desk: The city of Amsterdam’s latest attempt to rein in the nuisance of over-tourism by banning guided tours of the red light district has run into opposition from some ReadMore
Tannery rawhide procurement begins
Shawdesh Desk: Tannery owners have started rawhide procurement as per the government instruction and it will continue for the next two months. General Secretary of the Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) ReadMore
US stocks end turbulent week with broad gains
Shawdesh Desk: You’re not the only one confused about where the economy is headed. Just look at the stock market, where perplexed investors have been sending stocks on a wild ReadMore
Not just Bali: Indonesia hopes to develop more tourism sites
Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of tourists, many of them young Westerners, sat on gray stone steps atop the world’s largest Buddhist temple, occasionally checking cellphones or whispering to each other as ReadMore
25th Sarajevo Film Festival opens with honours for directors
Biodon Desk: The Sarajevo Film Festival launched its 25th annual edition Friday by bestowing its top honour on Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Polish counterpart Pawel Pawlikowski for their ReadMore
‘The Little Prince’ sketches found in Switzerland
Shawdesh Desk: Early sketches of ‘The Little Prince,’ the world famous creation of French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, have been found in storage in northern Switzerland, local media and an ReadMore
Government must streamline overseas employment sector
ABOUT 75 per cent of Bangladeshi workers were illegally sent to Brunei in 2018 by the middlemen with the connivance of immigration police at the airport. Because of a strong ReadMore
